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Standardising Length Measurement

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Why does a tailor use a measuring tape while a cloth merchant uses a metre scale?

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Cloth is usually cut in metres that is 1 mtre cloth or 2.5 metre cloth

in tailor it is used tape because centimetres are used while stiching hand and neck such small parts

in cloth large values of cloth
in tailor small values are used

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