on 5/2/2002 8:39 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] at
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> "YARD = 0.9144 metre"

Note that this yields1 inch = 2.54 cm EXACTLY (that is:
2.540 000 000 000 000 000 000 ....... ad infinitum).

Regards, Bill Hooper
college physics teacher (retired), USA (Florida)

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