[FreePaul]

Finding a volume or area in (square) yards or meters doesn't make a difference.

I knew of a professor who insisted that students work problems in units that they made up. The one I remember a student used was furlongs per fortnight. There were others just as good.

[SoothingDave]

The one I remember a student used was furlongs per fortnight. There were others just as good.

We once figured out that a "picoparsec" was about a quarter mile. Or two furlongs.

SD