• Shareni@programming.dev
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    8 months ago

    Just wait for an American to tell you how it’s easier to use fractions with imperial. I’ve legit seen them say shit like 3/8 of an inch is easier to think about than 9.5mm.

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        8 months ago

        2/3 is not a valid fraction of inches.

        Valid denominators are 2, 4, 8, 16, or 32. Technically, 64, 128, and 256 are also acceptable, but they are never actually used. For precision greater than 1/32nd, we switch to thousandths, or tenths of thousandths.

        3/8 + 5/16 is 11/16ths.