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Show MfclRK MEASURES I Helpful Information Q. Will everything even- tually go metric? A. Conversion i trApreti'd to occur only when it i convenient and economically economical-ly advantageous. For exifm-ple, exifm-ple, it would make little sense to convert the size of a football field from yard to meters. On the other hand, track and field event are already measured more often in metric units because be-cause the U.S. competes internationally in-ternationally in these sports. The "rule of reason" applied ap-plied to metric usage means that the metric system will be adopted only in cases where it provides a benefit. |