Answer to Question #92275 in Mechanics | Relativity for Lacey

Question

When traveling a highway in the mountains, you may see elevation signs that read “914m (3000 ft).” Critics of the metric system claim that such numbers show the metric system is more complicated. How would you alter such signs to be more consistent with a switch to the metric system?

Answer 1

It would be enough to write 900 m or 1500 m, i.e. any number that is a multiple of 100 m, or 1000 m, and sometimes 10 m.

At the same time, the corresponding number in feet would be rather complex.