The Nerdy Sixty | (18/60) The Smoot | Solution

Use the Unix `units` command to find out: how long is one smoot?

Hint 1: Use `units` or search what a “smoot” is in measurement.

Hint 2: It’s about 1.7 meters – an MIT student’s height used to measure a bridge.

Solution:

A ‘smoot’ is approximately 1.70 meters. It comes from a 1958 MIT prank where a student named Oliver Smoot’s height was used to measure the length of the Harvard Bridge. The `units` command includes this unit, so `1 smoot` converts to about `1.7018 m`.