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Yards, feet and Football pitches (lemmy.nz)
submitted 6 months ago by daveywaveyboy@feddit.nl to c/anythingbutmetric@discuss.tchncs.de
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Without looking it up don’t know how 22 yards compare to 115 feet or why you would use different Measures, but why half a Football pitch?i assume that’s american Football but if not then for real Football while FIFA recommends 105 Meters actually the length can be between 100 and 100 Meters so if 115 feet is about 35 Meters that is not even close to half a - oh my Brain just Exploded

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[-] vk6flab@lemmy.radio 10 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)
  • 22 yards ≈ 20 metres
  • 112 feet ≈ 34 metres
  • A football field is about 68 metres wide

In other words, your article was written by an Assumed Intelligence.

[-] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 5 points 6 months ago

An American football field is 100 yards long, which is 300 feet, or a bit over 91 metres.

[-] vk6flab@lemmy.radio -2 points 6 months ago

How WIDE is the football field?

[-] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 8 points 6 months ago

They're comparing the length.

[-] PunnyName@lemmy.world 7 points 6 months ago

Why is that relevant?

[-] TachyonTele@piefed.social 3 points 6 months ago

Nothing compared to how TALL football fields are!

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