On Oct 21 , at 8:23 AM, Ressel, Howard (DOT) wrote: > I saw an Interesting ad in New York magazine for an apartment in Manhattan. > They quoted the interior size as 3,200 SF (297 SM). I don’t think most ad’s > in Canada even use metric units yet let alone an ad in New York City. > Unfortunately all the room dimensions are in feet only. Oh the starting > price is $1.25 M. >
Too bad they don't know enough to round off reasonably. This probably should state the metric size as 300 m3 . Surely the old English description of "3,200 SF" is not measured to a precision greater than about 1%. Since 10 sq. ft. is approximately 1 m3 , so that 3 m3 is about 30 sq. ft., I'm sure that the rounded figure of 300 m3 is quite adequate. It is different from 3200 sq. ft. by less than 1%. Bill Hooper 1800 mm tall (to the nearest 10 mm) Fernandina Beach, Florida, USA ========================== SImplification Begins With SI. ==========================
