"Grumman-581" wrote in message
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On Thu, 11 Jan 2007 00:05:44 +1100, in ,
d&tm wrote:
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Plugging in 39.37007874015748 instead and the values agree... For some
reason, I had thought that the 39.37 had been defined as an *exact*
value... Of course this also means that my memory is faulty on the 2.54
cm/in value also...

My understanding is an inch is EXACTLY 2.54 cm.

Danny Deger