Quick question involving months/years/days.

Okay, so, Some of you may or may not know of the webcomic 'Homestuck'. (http://www.mspaintadventures.com/?s=6) Its a webcomic, pretty good one if i may so, but thats not the point.

Instead of years, they use a thing called 'Sweeps' Which 1 sweep = 2.16 years.

I started thinking about it, and i was wondering exactly how long is 2.16 years?

I know the 2 = 2 years, but how much is the .16? i know it cant be 16 months because 12 months is a year, and its really starting to confuse me.

Can anyone help? Thank you! :)

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Quick question involving months/years/days.

Okay, so, Some of you may or may not know of the webcomic 'Homestuck'. (http://www.mspaintadventures.com/?s=6) Its a webcomic, pretty good one if i may so, but thats not the point.

Instead of years, they use a thing called 'Sweeps' Which 1 sweep = 2.16 years.

I started thinking about it, and i was wondering exactly how long is 2.16 years? 

I know the 2 = 2 years, but how much is the .16? i know it cant be 16 months because 12 months is a year, and its really starting to confuse me.

Can anyone help? Thank you! :)

misty1212 · Answer

HI!!

misty1212 · Answer

as a decimal $\frac{1}{6}+1.6666...$ so maybe they really mean one sixth of a year, or two months

anonymous · Answer

Oh, thank you so much! That makes a lot for sense :)