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his arm was crossed because that is how he fell over.
The god of the Underworld, Hades, never lost his arm in Greek myth.
They could not arm themselves. Odysseus and Telemachus saw to it that no weapons remained in the room before Odysseus began shooting his arrows, and Telemachus began striking with his sword.
Early measurement units, such as the foot, were based on the size or length of a body part. For example, a foot was the approximate length of a man's foot. Over time, different people changed the exact measurement, such as kings making their feet the standard foot size. The Imperial measurement system (and now the US Customary system) defines a foot as 12 inches.
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A ruler
You can measure the length of your arm in centimeters or millimeters. To convert this measurement to meters, you would divide by 1000 for millimeters or 100 for centimeters. The other units like decimeters, kilometers, and decameters are not typically used for measuring the length of a human arm.
i would use inches
An arm's length is a distance approximately equal to the length of a human arm, sometimes used figuratively.
Divide the length of the force arm by the length of the resistance arm.
Both websites of Overstock and Surefit provide directions to measure the couch. From Overstock:Measure the Length. First, measure your sofa from the outside of one arm to the outside of the other arm. ...Measure the Seat Cushions. Measure the cushion width in the front of the sofa. ...Measure the Width of the Sofa. ...Measure the Cushion Height. ...Measure the Full Height.
It depends on what the length of your arm is. Mine is a 28 inch. But yours could be longer or shorter. Just take a ruler and measure your arm from your under your arm to about half an inch past your fingertips. The average though is usually about a 24-26 inch! Miss.Twirler
You should use a measuring tape and measure the arm length and width.
The length of one arm is about 40% of your height
To find the mechanical advantage (MA) of a lever, you can calculate it by dividing the length of the effort arm by the length of the load arm. The formula is MA = Le / Ll, where Le is the length of the effort arm and Ll is the length of the load arm.
It's a measure of width, 200cm, 2000mm, and about the length of your arm times two to give a very rough guide. Multiply it by the measure of height (and/or breadth) to get the volume.