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Cecil Quist
2,851 PointsPXs and EMs
Why are we using the pixels and ems interchangeably on this page? ...as in
iv { width: 700px; padding: 2em; margin: auto;
}
thanks.
2 Answers

James Barnett
39,199 PointsThat's because when using the formula target / context = result
with padding the context
is the width of the element itself, in this case 700
.

Cecil Quist
2,851 Pointsthanks James