document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=270936>Question 270936</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> WHAT IS 20 SQUARE METRES? iS IT THE SAME AS TWENTY METRES SQUARED? cAN YOU PLEASE SHOW ME ON A DIAGRAM WHAT 20 SQUARE METRES LOOKS LIKE...IS IT 20M2? </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #198386 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=ptaylor><B>ptaylor(2198)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=ptaylor><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/cgi-bin/show-face.mpl?user=ptaylor><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=198386\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Yes, they are the same<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Draw yourself a rectangle and label the length as 5 meters and the width as 4 meters.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Area of a rectangle = Length*Width; in this case 5 meters*4 meters and this equals 20 meters*meters=20 square meters or 20 meters^2\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Meters describes length, width, height (one dimension) while square meters or meters^2 describes area (two dimensions) and meters^3 or cubic meters describes 3 dimensions such as volume.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Hope this helps---ptaylor </SPAN>\n" );
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