The U.S. Government adopted the Metric system as a legal standard nearly 150 years ago.
And around 140 years ago we were even one of the Nations that signed The Treaty of the Meter.
In legal trade, metric is the standard here.
But it's adherence is voluntary at the Private level, and that fact has subsequently enabled many people, and institutions, to continue to cling to the U.S. Customary System.
Here, most people learn the standards of both, and how they relate to one another, and what their most appropriate uses are.
Anyone using the International System of Units knows it is a better standard, especially when it comes to converting between different measurements.
If you are not smart enough to understand both, then don't...
And around 140 years ago we were even one of the Nations that signed The Treaty of the Meter.
In legal trade, metric is the standard here.
But it's adherence is voluntary at the Private level, and that fact has subsequently enabled many people, and institutions, to continue to cling to the U.S. Customary System.
Here, most people learn the standards of both, and how they relate to one another, and what their most appropriate uses are.
Anyone using the International System of Units knows it is a better standard, especially when it comes to converting between different measurements.
If you are not smart enough to understand both, then don't...