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xkcd #3065: Square Units (xkcd.com)

submitted 2 days ago by schnurrito@discuss.tchncs.de to c/xkcd@lemmy.world

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The biggest I've seen in a published source in the wild is an 80-fold error in a reported distance, which I think came from a series of at least three unit conversions and area/length misinterpretations.

https://explainxkcd.com/3065/

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[–] Donjuanme@lemmy.world 0 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

Did you not notice the unit modifier in the my second phrase???

Let me spell it out for you.

3 (three) ' (feet) ^2 (squared)

You'd have me repeating myself like a monkey, which is, NINE.

3 (three) sq (square) ft (feet) is THREE.

but I suspect you'll disagree at at this point I'll move on, my only sadness is there was a person out there who agreed with your original argument that they were the same.

[–] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 0 points 10 hours ago

Tell me what "three plus four squared" is.