How to interpret a decimal point used in a residential measurement?
Hi,
This is my first thread on your forum and I hope this is not off topic or too elementary a question. Please advise if so.
I had a question for out local code department about the measurement shown on a survey map of a residential property in Florida USA and they weren’t sure how to answer. It shows:
9.95′
Does that mean:
9ft + (95/100(12inch)) = 9 foot + 11.40 inches ?
or
9ft + 9 1/2 inches
As a science person, I would think it meant 9ft 11.40 inches.
But then I thought 9.95 might be shorthand in survey’s language for 9ft + 9 1/2 inches.
There are other similar measurements like 30.3′, 20.6′ and more like that. The survey is from early 1980’s.
I appreciate you thoughts on this and thank you for your help.
Regards . . .
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