Question

1- Why does the United States still use the English system?

2- When was the last attempt to officially move to the metric system?

3 - Does the use of English measurement units put U.S. companies at a disadvantage when competing on international contracts?

4- How has software solved the challenge?

5 - Give examples of engineering software that resolves this challenge.

Please I need a fully complete answer only for question number 5

Answer 1

1. Why does the United States still use the English system?

Ans. (i) It may be because of the convenience that they don't want to change because they'll have to learn and adjust to learning the new stuff.

(ii) It can be also because of cost. They'll have to change all the road signs, the different sign board's, containers, cars, foods and much more

2. When was the last attempt to officially move to the metric system?

Ans. Congress passed the Metric Conversion Act of 1975 "to coordinate and plan the increasing use of the metric system in the United States".

3. Does the use of English measurement units put U.S. companies at a disadvantage when competing on international contracts?

Ans. Not really. There are software tools that can help to translate or convert the English system to the metric system.

4.  How has software solved the challenge?

Ans. with the High Level of Increase in the software system and technology, there are many software to automate the process and to find a solution to any problem. There are different software that can track down the trending technologies so that the companies can find a way to compete with them and still be in the top list.

5. Give examples of engineering software that resolves this challenge.

Ans. (i) Google translate.

(ii) Online Scale Converters.

(iii) even in google, you can type "lbs to kg" and it will set you up with an online converter where you just need to enter the values and it will automatically convert it for you. other than the weight it can do many different kinds of conversion of different units.