When traveling a highway in the mountains, you may see

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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

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Problem 2Q

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

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A Metric system is a basic unit system for length, volume, and weight.

In a metric system, the length is measured millimeters, centimeters, meters, and kilometers.

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