JackGreenEarth to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world • 1 year agoWhy a ton, and not a megagram?message-square193fedilinkarrow-up1156arrow-down110
arrow-up1146arrow-down1message-squareWhy a ton, and not a megagram?JackGreenEarth to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world • 1 year agomessage-square193fedilink
minus-square@XTL@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilink1•1 year agoNo. Tolerance is tolerance no matter what the unit is. There is implied tolerance but that’s also the same for “one A” and “one B” no matter what A and B are.
minus-squareXIIIesqlinkfedilink-1•1 year agoIf you bought a ton of coal and the tolerance was ±5Kg who’s scales are you using when it gets delivered to your house? Or are you looking at size of the bag and thinking, yep, looks like a ton.
No. Tolerance is tolerance no matter what the unit is. There is implied tolerance but that’s also the same for “one A” and “one B” no matter what A and B are.
If you bought a ton of coal and the tolerance was ±5Kg who’s scales are you using when it gets delivered to your house?
Or are you looking at size of the bag and thinking, yep, looks like a ton.