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I always get a kick out of something that is 4.5 feet  instead of 4'-6". |
I never thought of it that way.
How about 4.5 yards? |
13.5 feet or 13'-6" (4.5*36/12) |
I'm talking about displaying ranges (measured in yards). |
Typically you dont see things listed in yards/feet/inches let alone miles. What truely seperates the two systems is metric has incriments of 10 or 100.
When a call is made "Ship spotted 2,500 yards" it is generally rounded off as 18" either way is not that big of a deal. Now when it comes to calculations, and precise dimenshions you typically see a decimal equalivelent such as 13.5 feet or 162" in lieu of 4.5 yards.
The only place I commonly see yards as a common unit of measure is on a golf course and carpet. The carpet folks use alot of that rounding off stuff to their profit.