• Ekky
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    261 year ago

    How much are “2 football fields” again in non-freedom units? ~1 hectare?

    • @Anticorp
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      200 yards. A meter is 0.914 yards. So it’s basically 200 meters, minus a few.

      Or 1028 bananas, if that’s more to your liking.

      If you’re converting from meters to yards then it’s easier the other way. A yard is 1.094 meters.

      Edited for accuracy.

        • @Anticorp
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          The math assumes only 7" long bananas (17.78cm).

          Feet in a football field x inches in a foot / 7" banana

          300x12=3600

          3600/7=514.285

          Edit: whoops! I was supposed to give the number of bananas in TWO football fields. I just noticed a bunch of other mistakes in the original comment as well. I’m not qualified to say things before I finish my morning coffee.

    • @[email protected]
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      71 year ago

      100 yards (90ish meters) X 53 yards (50ish m)

      Technically it’s 120 with the end zones but when people say “in football fields” they usually mean 100 yards, its just a culturally relevant shorthand for that tbh

      Size in football fields almost never means width as well, just length

      Though this looks like it might literally be about the size of 2 actual American Football fields so maybe it’s appropriate to use that measurement this time

      • @[email protected]
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        21 year ago

        Totally get it’s supposed to be American football, but for fun and added confusion a Canadian football field is 10 yards longer and 12 yards wider at 110x65 or 150x65 if you include end zones.

        Obviously we should refer to the American size as US customary football fields and the Canadian as imperial football field just avoid ambiguity!!

      • Ekky
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        21 year ago

        Oh, I never realized that “football fields” were a measurement of only length and not area.

        This does explain some confusion I’ve had in the past. Thank you for the explanation to my not-so-serious question.

      • @[email protected]
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        11 year ago

        What about arena football?

        That’s what is fun about measuring in freedom units! It can be whatever you want! Fuck accuracy!

        • @Anticorp
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          21 year ago

          Nobody that uses freedom units cares about arena football. It always means actual football.

      • @RedditWanderer
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        Washing machines? That tells us nothing.

        It’s about 30,000 eagles for those with more rational measurements