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I removed the answer because it didn't actually address the question.

The newer answer had nothing to do with the decision to remove the earlier answer, except for the fact that it bumped the question and brought it to my attention.

When somebody asks a question, we generally expect answers to provide an explicit answer to the question asked. In this case, the answer described a method for _finding_ an answer, but did not actually provide the end result.

While a method for finding the answer yourself is useful, it does not by itself qualify as an answer. If it came along with an answer to the question, and included a section on "here's how you can figure this out for yourself", that would be _excellent_; that would be a thorough, helpful, answer to the question asked. As it stood, though, "measure it yourself" did not adequately provide an answer to the question as asked.

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I did, however, make a mistake in that I deleted it without leaving a comment, and I apologize for that. I shouldn't have deleted it silently and should have left a comment detailing what the issue was. Sorry about that.