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Wikipedia has an article of the same name. This article was completely written from scratch ... altho it may have a few words or even a few sentences that are the same as in the WP article. [[User:Milton Beychok|Milton Beychok]] 20:38, 22 February 2011 (UTC)
Wikipedia has an article of the same name. This article was completely written from scratch ... altho it may have a few words or even a few sentences that are the same as in the WP article. [[User:Milton Beychok|Milton Beychok]] 20:38, 22 February 2011 (UTC)
== Conversions ==
In this part:
1 metric ton (MT) = 1 tonne = 1,000 kg = 2,204.6 pound = 1.1023 short ton (ton)
If a short ton is 1,000 pounds as indicated furth down in the article, shouldn't this be 2.204.6 short tons?
Is the short ton supposed to be 2000 pounds?

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WP has an article of the same name

Wikipedia has an article of the same name. This article was completely written from scratch ... altho it may have a few words or even a few sentences that are the same as in the WP article. Milton Beychok 20:38, 22 February 2011 (UTC)

Conversions

In this part:

1 metric ton (MT) = 1 tonne = 1,000 kg = 2,204.6 pound = 1.1023 short ton (ton)

If a short ton is 1,000 pounds as indicated furth down in the article, shouldn't this be 2.204.6 short tons? Is the short ton supposed to be 2000 pounds?