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Nadya [2.5K]
4 years ago
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Why or why not should we use the metric system in the U.S.A?

Mathematics
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Nezavi [6.7K]4 years ago
8 0

Answer:

The biggest reasons the U.S. hasn’t adopted the metric system are simply time and money. When the Industrial Revolution began in the country, expensive manufacturing plants became a main source of American jobs and consumer products. Because the Imperial System (IS) of measurements was in place at this time, the machinery used in these factories was developed to size in IS units; all of the workers were trained to deal with IS units; and many products were made to feature IS units. Whenever the discussion of switching unit systems arose in Congress, the passage of a bill favoring the metric system was thwarted by big businesses and American citizens who didn’t want to go through the time-consuming and expensive hassle of changing the country’s entire infrastructure. Many also believed that the United States should keep its particular system, setting it apart from other countries and symbolizing its status as a leader rather than a follower.

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ollegr [7]4 years ago
7 0

Answer:

We should definitely be using the metric system in the U.S.A, as 94.7% of the world uses this system. The metric system, moreover the newer more polished system is exclusively the only system used in science. People who are unexperienced with the metric system, may encounter difficulties when dealing with real-life businesses and work that is publicly available globally, as if you need to measure a given contrivance, the metric system will be used. When countries follow a similar system to majority of the others, it will help make that country more open and less inclusive, providing a greater and more civil world.

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