Measurements in Europe

[Tonks]

--- In HPFGU-OTChatter at yahoogroups.com, "P. Alexis Nguyen" 
<alexisnguyen at ...> wrote:
>> 
> I'm on this side of the pond, but here is what has been taught to 
me:
> 184 cm x 0.393700787 = 72.440944808 in = 6.04 ft
> 
> I admit that I looked it up on Google for a more accurate number, 
but
> I was always taught that 1 in = ~2.5 cm (by every last math teacher
> I've ever had), which is close since Google tells me it's around 
2.54
> cm.
> 
> Care to tell us what the doubt is?
> 
> ~Ali
>

Tonks:
Thanks. Well part of the problem is that the person doing the 
measuring and sending the measurements was a bit off here and there. 
First it was 84cm and I figured that to be about 32 inches and I 
knew that was wrong. But then she said 1.84cm. Huh?? So finally she 
said 184cm and some of the other measurement were kinda funny and 
asking others here, no one was sure that the conversion was the 2.5 
for 1 inch that I saw on the internet. Anyway this helps a lot. We 
are making a robe for someone, that I am sure was not 31 inches 
tall. Thanks again. I am a prefectionist and always like to double 
check things.

Tonks_op