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I don’t get it.
In the US trades, every measurement is expressed in ft/in, with fractions by 1/2, 1/4, 1/8, 1/16, 1/32 as they’re expressed on a standard US tape measure. No one uses 5ths, 10ths, 3rds, etc.
frankly, using predetermined denominators only seems marginally better to me
it makes me wonder who decided that
32 3/8 inwas more readable than32.375 inUseful for tape measures. 3/8in would be 6 marks in (6/16)
I think they’re trying to convince you to switch to metric.
But the imperial system is so convenient, you just use fractions instead of decimals…
/s, because well, this is the internet.