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A QUESTION OF DEFINITION.

(Money Puzzles)
"My property is exactly a mile square," said one landowner to another.
"Curiously enough, mine is a square mile," was the reply.
"Then there is no difference?"
Is this last statement correct?


Answer:

There is, of course, no difference in _area_ between a mile square and a
square mile. But there may be considerable difference in _shape_. A mile
square can be no other shape than square; the expression describes a
surface of a certain specific size and shape. A square mile may be of
any shape; the expression names a unit of area, but does not prescribe
any particular shape.










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