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Why is metric(S.I. Units) preferred than the English system?

April 26, 2017English metric system units

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Why is metric(S.I. Units) preferred than the English system?

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The metric system, regardless of what is being measured, is based on “the progression of ten”, i.e. each unit is 10 times that of the previous unit, whereas the English system has a number of different progressions. Of course, there are some “oddball” measurements used by certain fields, such as time and astronomical distances…