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.math Subject: Re: Re: The Perils of Nutrasweet: digits of precision Message-ID: <370@cadomin.UUCP> Date: Fri, 23-Aug-85 15:33:38 EDT Article-I.D.: cadomin.370 Posted: Fri Aug 23 15:33:38 1985 Date-Received: Sun, 25-Aug-85 06:09:28 EDT References: <771@burl.UUCP> <394@petrus.UUCP> <182@steinmetz.UUCP> Organization: U. of Alberta, Edmonton, AB Lines: 10 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. ... I would expect an answer of 12 square meters - the unit is square meters. To me 12 meters square implies a square which is 12 meters on a side, having an area of 144 square meters. Jim Easton (...!alberta!jim)