4 Apr
2022
4 Apr
'22
11:46 p.m.
On 4/3/22 22:39, Chris Angelico wrote:
On Mon, 4 Apr 2022 at 14:22, Brian McCall wrote:
Related to these questions, there is the question of what to do about mixed systems? Should 2.54 in / 1 cm evaluate to 2.54 in/cm or should it evaluate to 1?
I would say that 2.54in/1cm should be equal to 1. Units should completely cancel out.
It seems like the point of this exercise is to *not* have units cancel out -- at least, not unnecessarily. 2.54in / 1 cm should be 2.54in/cm, otherwise multiplying by 5 kelvin will be one of those hard-to-find bugs. Of course, it's actually 2.54cm/in. -- ~Ethan~