Explain why a part designer has the practice of rounding off dimensions to the nearest even decimal.

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When dimensions on a drawing need to be divided, the part designer tries to round off the dimensions to the nearest even decimal. This practice permits parts to be economically machined to tolerances within a required number of decimal places.

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