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by bre1010 977 days ago
I was very confused by this too and finally realized the mistake. The chain of logic went like this:

> There are 2.4 standard hours in 1 metric hour > Therefore there are 240 standard minutes in 1 metric hour > Then divide by 100 to get 2.4 standard minutes per metric minute

Except there aren't 240 standard minutes in 1 metric hour. There's 2.4 * 60 = 144. That the author of the page couldn't keep the conversions straight does not bode well if we were to switch as a society...