For the metrically inclined:

40 inches = 1.016 meters

25 yards = 22.85 meters

40 yards = 36.576 meters

1 inches = 0.0254 meters or 2.54 centimeters

1 yard = 0.9144 meters

  • The_LoraxEnglish
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    6 months ago

    We only started defining them that way in the 1980’s. Many peoples reference (at least in America) is literally just standard imperial measures. Before metric references the imperial system was defined by rods and barleycorns, but that doesn’t make anyone barleycorn or rod inclined.