JackGreenEarth to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world • 2 years agoWhy a ton, and not a megagram?message-square101fedilinkarrow-up1161
arrow-up1161message-squareWhy a ton, and not a megagram?JackGreenEarth to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world • 2 years agomessage-square101fedilink
minus-squareTXLlinkfedilink1•2 years 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-squareXIIIesqlinkfedilink1•2 years 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.