Originally Posted By: paul
4 ft^2 = 16 sq ft


By convention that's wrong.
See Example 1 here

Do you know BEDMAS, BODMAS or PEMDAS? Calculate the exponent before doing multiplication.

4ft^2 = 4 * (ft^2)
Not
(4ft)^2

Last edited by kallog; 10/01/11 02:42 AM.