Why would you not like to use a measuring tape made of an elastic material like rubber to measure distance? What would be some of the problems you would meet in telling someone about a distance you measured with such a tape?

Explanation

Length of an elastic measuring tape can vary on stretching. So, it could not be used to measure distance. Some of the problems we would meet while measuring with an elastic tape are as follows:
(i) On measuring the length of an object twice, using an elastic tape, we may get different values of the same length.
(ii) Measurements will not be accurate.