<prompt> Translate the following text to EnglishKama ilivyoelezwa hapo juu, mashine ni sawa na mashine na mashine ni sawa na mashine na mashine ni sawa na mashine na mashine ni sawa na mashine na mashine ni sawa na mashine na mashine ni sawa na mashine na mashine ni sawa na mashine na mashine ni sawa na mashine.  <response>: thirty six inches to the yard and things like that but uh i think uh from my work experience i found well when in college i learned uh to use a rationalized system of measure which turned out to be the metric system 