Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/5/84; site cadomin.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxr!mhuxn!ihnp4!alberta!cadomin!jim From: jim@cadomin.UUCP (Jim Easton) Newsgroups: net.med,net.math Subject: Re: Re: The Perils of Nutrasweet: digits of precision Message-ID: <367@cadomin.UUCP> Date: Wed, 21-Aug-85 20:26:51 EDT Article-I.D.: cadomin.367 Posted: Wed Aug 21 20:26:51 1985 Date-Received: Sun, 25-Aug-85 06:08:21 EDT References: <771@burl.UUCP> <394@petrus.UUCP> <182@steinmetz.UUCP> Organization: U. of Alberta, Edmonton, AB Lines: 10 Xref: watmath net.med:2178 net.math:2199 In reply to Phillip W. Servita I quote out of your posting; > .............. If i was asked the same question now, however, I WOULD STILL > SAY 12 METERS SQUARE. ... and you would be wrong. The correct answer is 12 square meters - the unit is square meters. 12 meters square implies a square which is 12 meters on a side, having an area of 144 square meters. Jim Easton (...!alberta!jim)