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[–] Anoncow@lemmy.world 14 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

We define 1000 mm as one meter as we are base 10 centric. If we live in a base 8 world, we would have define 8x8x8 mm as one metre and the answer to 5.7 m base 8 would be 5700mm base 8 too