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CuriousBanker
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Hello all
This is probably simple and I'm overlooking something
1 mile = 5280 feet
10% of a mile is 528 feet
528 feet squared is 278,784 feet which is 52.8 miles squared
But 0.1 miles squared is .01 miles squared
So depending on if you square it as 0.1 miles, or if you convert it to feet, then square it and convert it back, you get wildly different answers
Why is this.? Not sure why I thought of this.
Thanks in advance
This is probably simple and I'm overlooking something
1 mile = 5280 feet
10% of a mile is 528 feet
528 feet squared is 278,784 feet which is 52.8 miles squared
But 0.1 miles squared is .01 miles squared
So depending on if you square it as 0.1 miles, or if you convert it to feet, then square it and convert it back, you get wildly different answers
Why is this.? Not sure why I thought of this.
Thanks in advance