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ttoinou 4 days ago

   Two quantities with dimensions 
D1 and D2 can only be added or subtracted if (and only if) D1≡D2. For example, it does not make sense to add a length to a mass.

That’s not true though. Some units cannot be added together, for example all intensive units like speed, density, temperature etc.

cosmic_quanta 4 days ago | parent [-]

That's an excellent point, thanks! I will edit the post