French Revolution and Decimal Measurement

Classical Mechanics Level 1

For about 10 10 years after the French Revolution, the French government attempted to base the measurement of time on multiples of ten: One week consisted of 10 10 days, one day consisted of 10 10 hours, one hour consisted of 100 100 minutes, and one minute consisted of 100 100 seconds. What is the ratio of the duration of one French decimal second to the duration of one standard second?

Assume that one French day was equal to one standard day.

4.648 1.350 0.864 0.545

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Srinivasa Satti by Srinivasa Satti

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Vineet Sharma
May 15, 2014

As simple as it is! 2.4X3600 s= 10000 S . S/s= .864 Ans.

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I think you are wrong since ratio should be s/S according to your question Therefore answer = 100000÷86400

anshul shivhare - 7 years ago

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