[TowerTalk] conversion inches to metrical

[jimlux]

Jorge Diez - CX6VM wrote:
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> i know 1 inch = 2,54 ctms.
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> How about 16.375"? Is right to be 41,5925 ctms ?


yes 16.375" = 41.5925 cm, exactly

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>>From  <http://es.metric-conversions.org/cgi-bin/util/convert.cgi>
> http://es.metric-conversions.org/cgi-bin/util/convert.cgi  seems that 16,375
> in = 40.64 cm

40.64 cm = 16"... I'll bet the site doesn't handle decimals properly... 
did you enter it European style with a comma or American style with a 
decimal point?

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