1/2 is a fraction which
Posted By: Patty on 2009-05-21
In Reply to: inch is NOT used with metric values. That - KT
Subject: 1/2 is a fraction which
can be converted to a decimal which does not necessarily have to be a metric value which is a system based on the power of 10. Inches are NOT metric values but that doesn't mean it can't be converted to a decimal which is what 0.5 is.
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