• dancing_umbra@lemm.eeEnglish
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      1 year ago

      I’m not defending it, but it’s because 12 has more factors than 10

      10 has 2 and 5

      But 12 has 2,3,4,6

      So 1/2 ft, 1/3 ft, 1/4ft and 1/6 ft all have a whole number of inches

      • quantenzitrone@feddit.de
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        1 year ago

        Using a base12 system would only make sense if we all started counting in base12 too.

        If enough people want that, i’d be down to start counting in base12, but i don’t think many people will lol.