POLL: Height -- round up or down?

[miri]

5'9 120

When someone asks how tall I am i tell them 5'6-5'7 and tell them I weigh 150lbs.

 

[NeoPTLD]

Originally posted by: whaleskinrug
I think maybe I will finally adopt the metric system after years of resistance -- it is far more descriptive




174.00 cm = 68.50 inches

Why does your metric answer have more sig digits than your original measurement?

 

[whaleskinrug]

Originally posted by: NeoPTLD

Originally posted by: whaleskinrug
I think maybe I will finally adopt the metric system after years of resistance -- it is far more descriptive




174.00 cm = 68.50 inches

Why does your metric answer have more sig digits than your original measurement?

I yanked it off the web conversion page, rather than type 174 cm = 5'8.5" 00's are not significant

 

[NeoPTLD]

Originally posted by: whaleskinrug

Originally posted by: NeoPTLD

Originally posted by: whaleskinrug
I think maybe I will finally adopt the metric system after years of resistance -- it is far more descriptive




174.00 cm = 68.50 inches

Why does your metric answer have more sig digits than your original measurement?

I yanked it off the web conversion page, rather than type 174 cm = 5'8.5" 00's are not significant

Yes they're. Zeroes are only insignificant if they're place holders such as .001 (1E-3) or 10000(1E-4)

 

[whaleskinrug]

if you are measuring height to many thousands of an inch then there is something wrong-- even if it's 174.00005 it's really no different. so these 00s are not significant.

 

[NeoPTLD]

Originally posted by: whaleskinrug
if you are measuring height to many thousands of an inch then there is something wrong-- even if it's 174.00005 it's really no different. so these 00s are not significant.

When you state 5.0000" in place of 5", you imply that you're precise to four decimal places, therefore they're significant. If you add zeroes, you're making up the precision.

 

[whaleskinrug]

Originally posted by: NeoPTLD

Originally posted by: whaleskinrug
if you are measuring height to many thousands of an inch then there is something wrong-- even if it's 174.00005 it's really no different. so these 00s are not significant.

When you state 5.0000" in place of 5", you imply that you're precise to four decimal places, therefore they're significant. If you add zeroes, you're making up the precision.

lol, if it really bothers you, you are welcome to contact the people at this website -- site -- and let them know they are misleading the world