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advisability of converting.
Over 90 percent of the world population now utilizes the metric system. The United States is the only large country that does not.
As a result, it is contended, our international trade is at a distinct disadvantage.
The switchover would require many adjustments on the part of Rappahannock County residents. The local automobile driver would pull into a gas station and ask for 25 liters. That would be equivalent to 6.6 gallons.
It would be good for 150 kilometers because he gets about 6 kilometers to the liter, otherwise known as 14 miles to the gallon.
During the course of a year, he and the other 2,160 local car owners consume 2,720 liters, on average.
Leaving the gas station he would pass a road sign reading 80 km. maximum, meaning that he may not drive faster than 48 miles per hour, old style.
If he were to cover every part of the local area he would encompass some 692 square kilometers, since the land area is approximately 267 square miles, current scale.
His daughter, at the doctor’s office, has her measurements checked. She weighs 57 kilograms
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