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The calorie is defined as 1 cal =4.186 joule. Why not as 1 cal =4 joule to make the conversions easy

The calorie is defined as 1 cal =4.186 joule.  Why not as 1 cal =4 joule to make the conversions easy

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DEEPTHI JANGA
51 Points
8 years ago
1 CALORIE = 4.186 JOULES BUT NOT 4 JOULES SINCE BY OBSERVING THE DECIMAL FIGURE THAT IS .186 REFERS THAT 8 IS THE NUMBER WHICH COMES AFTER 5, SO IT IS MORE THAN  5 . SO WE CAN WRITE IT AS 4.186 OR 4.19 BUT NOT 4.
 

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