The linear (running) foot |
Lilley starts off inane and gets worse from there. Check out the intro our film student wrote:
"A linear foot is twelve consecutive inches that form a straight line. In other words, a liner [sic] foot is just a regular foot."Ignorant dummy that he is, Stephen then proceeds to explain to his readers that to calculate "linear feet with dimensions," all you need do is
- "Divide any inch measurements by '12' [sic] to convert to linear feet."
- "Multiply any centimeter measurements by '0.033' [sic] to convert to linear feet. "
- "Multiply any yard measurement by '3' [sic] to convert to linear feet. "
Steve's ignorance notwithstanding, any time you run across the term "linear feet" you should be aware that someone's talking about a product of a set width: want to carpet a room? You need to know how many linear feet of carpet to buy. Want to put down hardwood flooring? The number of linear feet of wood you'll buy is dependent on the width of the boards. Let's take that last: you want to put down hardwood plan floor in a 10' x 10' room. How many linear feet of wood will you need? easy: if the plans are six inches wide, you need 200 linear feet of lumber; if they're four inches wide, you need 300 linear feet.
¹ The original has been deleted by Leaf Group, but can still be accessed using the Wayback machine at archive.org. Its URL was http://ehow.com/how_8169541_calculate-linear-feet-dimensions.html
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