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The use of Base 10 numbers in European culture predates both imperial and metric measurements. But imperial measurements are designed such that some calculations are easier than they are in metric. A third of a foot is simpler to calculate than a third of a meter, for example. And a third of a Tablespoon is simply a teaspoon.
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