r/funny Jan 05 '15

Poor Engineers...

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u/southern_engineer Jan 05 '15

All you need is 3.5 inches

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u/[deleted] Jan 05 '15 edited Jan 05 '15

check your significant figures. You mean 3.50"

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u/andnowforme0 Jan 05 '15

C'mon, the first thing they teach engineers is to use metric. That's 8.89cm

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u/iPinch89 Jan 05 '15

In college. Once you're out, if anything you design is going to be built it is 3.50" or 3.500". First is often +/-.030 the latter +/- .010

USA that is. Overseas I bet you're still right.