Krudler@lemmy.world to Mildly Infuriating@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoIt seems like all packaged foods do this nowlemmy.worldimagemessage-square257fedilinkarrow-up1937arrow-down1135file-text
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minus-squaregregorum@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up54arrow-down2·edit-21 year ago The maximum allowable variance for a package with a net weight declaration of 5 oz is 5/16 oz. oddly, that’s just over 8g, the difference noted in OP’s example. so, OP’s package is within he allowable tolerance, just.
minus-squareSpaceNoodle@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·1 year ago5/16 oz out of 5 oz is just over 6%.
minus-squareGenEcon@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·1 year agoThank you! I don’t get why they use such weird measurements. Why not use %?
minus-squareSpaceNoodle@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoProbably because, as evidenced by most others’ attempts to do simple arithmetic in this thread, percentages are even more difficult to calculate.
oddly, that’s just over 8g, the difference noted in OP’s example. so, OP’s package is within he allowable tolerance, just.
5/16 oz out of 5 oz is just over 6%.
Thank you! I don’t get why they use such weird measurements. Why not use %?
Probably because, as evidenced by most others’ attempts to do simple arithmetic in this thread, percentages are even more difficult to calculate.