Please help solve an argument..

[Tickford.]

What would you say the time listed below is?

0.015 seconds

Is it...

A) 15 hundredths of a second?
B) 15 thousandths of a second?

Thanks.

[BA Supa Pursuit]

Originally Posted by xxxg

What would you say the time listed below is?

0.015 seconds

Is it...

A) 15 hundredths of a second?
B) 15 thousandths of a second?

Thanks.

I believe it's A.

As I believe that if it was 0.15, it's 15 tenths of a second.

[rst2000]

.........a

[MattSAU2XR8]

Simple, its thousanths because you'd need to move the decimal point three spaces to the right to come up with 15. If it was two spaces then it'd be hundrenths, and one space would be tenths

[JAJH]

The answer is "A"

[JC]

No, it's 15 thousands of a second.

1.0 is 1 second
0.1 is one tenth of a second.
0.01 is one hundredth....
0.001 is one thousandth - 15 of them is 0.015. This is also known as 1.5 hundredths of a second.

And because I know there are non-believers, or doubters, here's a link as to why:
http://www.answers.com/Q/How_do_you_...s_as_a_decimal

[monk3y]

One tenth of second is 0.100 or 100x one thousandth of a second
One hundredth of a second is 0.010 or 10x one thousandth of a second
One thousandth of a second is 0.001

Therefore 0.015 is 10x one thousandths of a second plus 5x one thousandths of a second which = 15 one thousandths of second.

[Tickford.]

In engineering terms, 0.015 would definitely be referred to as 15 thousandths.

But in sports timing, 0.10 is always referred to as a tenth of a second, and 0.010 is referred to as one hundredths of a second.

[99AUXR]

B. . .

[Charliewool]

Originally Posted by BA Supa Pursuit

I believe it's A.

As I believe that if it was 0.15, it's 15 tenths of a second.

Geesh.... Wouldn't 15 tenths be 1.5 seconds?

[zilo]

B is the correct answer.

[xtremerus]

B....

[Silver Ghia]

Originally Posted by JC

No, it's 15 thousands of a second.

1.0 is 1 second
0.1 is one tenth of a second.
0.01 is one hundredth....
0.001 is one thousandth - 15 of them is 0.015. This is also known as 1.5 hundredths of a second.

And because I know there are non-believers, or doubters, here's a link as to why:
http://www.answers.com/Q/How_do_you_...s_as_a_decimal

You couldn't explain it better than that.

[xtremerus]

Originally Posted by zilo

B is the correct answer.

And I even agree with Zilo

[Silver Ghia]

Originally Posted by xxxg

In engineering terms, 0.015 would definitely be referred to as 15 thousandths.

But in sports timing, 0.10 is always referred to as a tenth of a second, and 0.010 is referred to as one hundredths of a second.

So going by that, 0.015 would then be 1.5 hundredths of a second.

Which is 15 thousandths of a second.

[JC]

Originally Posted by xxxg

In engineering terms, 0.015 would definitely be referred to as 15 thousandths.

But in sports timing, 0.10 is always referred to as a tenth of a second, and 0.010 is referred to as one hundredths of a second.

Yep - same thing.....the engineering thing and the sporting thing match perfectly.

[zilo]

Posts 2, 3 and 5 are wrong.

[rst2000]

Originally Posted by zilo

Posts 2, 3 and 5 are wrong.

Congratulations you sheep....

Didn't see you stick your neck out before jumping on the bandwagon...

[Adamz Ghia]

I can't wait to see where this thread ends up!

[barrys123]

Originally Posted by xxxg

In engineering terms, 0.015 would definitely be referred to as 15 thousandths.

But in sports timing, 0.10 is always referred to as a tenth of a second, and 0.010 is referred to as one hundredths of a second.

And 0.001 is one thousandth of a second
or one thousand of anything.

[Fordman1]

B ....

[FormulaFG]

"A" is correct as JC explained.

[Russ]

A - It's definitely 15 thousandths, Google is my friend and since when is Google ever wrong

[Yellow_Festiva]

C) All of the above ;)

[JC]

Originally Posted by Russ

A - It's definitely 15 thousandths, Google is my friend and since when is Google ever wrong

15 thousands was B....

[JC]

Originally Posted by FormulaFG

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"A" is correct as JC explained.

B...I explained B

[ford71V8]

Its B.
I'm surprised so many people are wrong. They're just numbers.

[b0son]

Threads like this make me fear for humanity

[99AUXR]

Originally Posted by b0son

Threads like this make me fear for humanity

They need a double like function for posts like this.

[FormulaFG]

Originally Posted by JC

B...I explained B

Ah well you know what I means