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by JohnS
Sun Jun 17, 2012 8:30 am
Forum: Pole Vault - General
Topic: NEW FREE POLE VAULT APP FOR SMARTPHONE
Replies: 7
Views: 13337

Re: NEW FREE POLE VAULT APP FOR SMARTPHONE

(snip) however due to the randomness of the gold books rounding, no mathmatical equation can ever be written to produce identical results, but we may enter the conversions manually in an update for the app in the future if someone decides they need it officially done to spec. Al, The Gold Book is n...
by JohnS
Tue Mar 20, 2012 10:00 am
Forum: Pole Vault - General
Topic: Metric/English-all is answered
Replies: 39
Views: 244114

Re:

Here's a function to convert meters into feet and inches. Paste this into Excel cell B1: =TRUNC(CONVERT(A1,"m","ft"),0)&"' "&MROUND((ROUND(CONVERT(A1,"m","ft")-TRUNC(CONVERT(A1,"m","ft"),0),2))*12,1/4)&""&qu...
by JohnS
Sun Mar 18, 2012 7:01 pm
Forum: Pole Vault - General
Topic: Metric / English Frustration
Replies: 13
Views: 16113

Re: Metric / English Frustration

As a mathematician, by trade, i'm a little bamboozled about the way that the IAAF, NCAA, USATF, or whoever is converting from metric to english. I've looked at all the numbers to figure out a reason for the conversion, but nothing seems to work for every conversion. I realize what the correct numbe...

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