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It's the same way with lumber lol
A 2x4 is in fact not 2"x4"
Wait, what?
Yeah a typical 2x4 is actually 1.5"x3.5"
2x4 is (supposedly. I bet they have optimized this down too) the size of raw lumber before it was finished, that needs to remove some material off each side.