Explain why handspan is used as the standard unit of measurement?
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✨Handspan and cubit cannot be used as a standard unit of length . This is because these are not particular measurements . Like the handspan will vary from person to person and the true value would not be same . ... This is because the distance between them is very large and milimeters are a very small unit of length .
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- Handspan could not be used as a standard unit of measurement since different people had different handspans. The handspan was not of a fixed length but varied from person to person. So it was quite unsuitable for the purpose of measuring the length of different objects.
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