Two meters squared is four square meters. I apologize for stating what is obvious.
From: Bill Hooper <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Mon, 28 Jan 2008 11:54:16 -0500 To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[email protected]> Subject: [USMA:40262] Re: convenient numerical values On 2008 Jan 28 , at 1:52 AM, Bill Potts wrote: > Meter squared implies an area in the shape of a square, with a side 1 m in > length. No it doesn't. "Metre squared" implies to me exactly the same thing that "square metre" implies; nothing more and nothing less. We learn in grade school that a term like "square metre" refers to an area EQUAL to the area of a 1 m by 1 m square, but that it does NOT mean that the area is in then SHAPE of a square. If I want to specify an area of square shape with sides 1 m long, I say: "A square with sides of 1 m." Bill Hooper 1810 mm tall Fernandina Beach, Florida, USA ========================== SImplification Begins With SI. ==========================
