[USMA 405] Square meters

[Harry Wyeth]

My two bits would be that if you say "5 square meters" it is pretty 
obvious that you are talking of five boxes 1 m on each side.  But if you 
say "5 meters squared" it comes out like "5 meters, squared".  This 
brings on an image of a line 5 m long, and THEN one multiplies the line 
by itself.  Just like saying "seven, squared".

HARRY WYETH
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