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In what way has the confusion between English and metric systems resulted in serious problems?

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Answer: It has affected the fates of a space probe and a commercial airline flight.

Explanation: In what way has the confusion between English and metric systems resulted in serious problems?

It affected most scientific experiments before the year 2000.

It affected most scientific experiments before the year 2000.

It has not resulted in significant losses of time or money.

It has not resulted in significant losses of time or money.

It has affected the fates of a space probe and a commercial airline flight.

It has affected the fates of a space probe and a commercial airline flight.

It is embarrassing for the person committing the error.

It is embarrassing for the person committing the error.

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english metric systems are "feet, ounces, inches, etc..." and metric system is "centiMETER, METER, miliMETER"
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