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fig-width and fig-height doesn't document units

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https://quarto.org/docs/reference/cells/cells-knitr.html#figures

right now they read Default width/height for figures. I think it would be nice to include what value you could put here, it appears it only accept bare number, e.i. no 50%? same with the unit.

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Open the Quarto figures documentation at the linked cells-knitr.html#figures section and inspect the descriptions for fig-width and fig-height. Confirm the accepted value format and units from the surrounding documentation, then update the wording so users can tell which values are valid.

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Domain
documentation
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Documentation
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2/5
Estimated time
1-3 hours
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