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Originally Posted by DonQuigleone
He meant the same unit, not different units. 3x/90x= 0.03333, or about 3%. X here can be any unit, be it MT, kg or m.
Can't say much about the rest.
If it means anything, for most of my time in Engineering we only used kilograms. A tonne would have been 10^3 kg. The SI symbol for tonne is t, not MT, lower case letter not upper-case. I'm not familiar with the standard abbreviations for barbaric "English Units" are, but according to wikipedia it's simply "ton".
I doubt MT is a proper way to write any unit. |
I've only seen MT used officially for nuclear yields (former DoD engineer here during Cold War) and it was the "2000 pound" kind of ton in mega-doses (million).
And yes, I heartily agree that barbaric 'English' units are an utter pain in the ass and its hard for me to take engineering seriously that clings to them. Furlongs per fortnight, tally ho!