• Adkml [he/him]@hexbear.net
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    3 months ago

    Total non sequiter but is there a way to differentiate between 100 square meters (25 meters x 4 meters) and 100 meters squared (100 meters x 100 meters)

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      3 months ago

      100 meters squared only ever needs to be said after someone asks you what a hectare is - or if they know but you want to show off the symetrical dinensions of your hectare

    • RNAi [he/him]@hexbear.netOP
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      3 months ago

      I never heard “x meters squared”, 100 “meters squared” (10,000 m²) is a hectare, or 1% of a km² if you will

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        3 months ago

        This is another example of the failures of the imperial system of measurements.

        We get acres which aren’t even a square unit in its purist form.

        It’s like 6.5’ x 66.5’ or 1 rod by 1 chain (10 rods)

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        3 months ago

        Legit not trying to be a pedantic asshole so apologies in advance but how would you write that without notation if you were trying to communicate it clearly via text.

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          3 months ago

          100 square meters = 100 m^2

          100 meters squared = (100 m)^2 = 10000 m^2

          Ideally, if you’re talking about area you’d want to make sure you stick to the form “square meters”.