Originally Posted By: paul

the correct answer is 4ft^2 which is 16 feet

you idiots can think of it otherwise if you choose but
please dont build anything that could injure normal people.


The problem is that if you ignored that (as in calculated higher moments) it is virtually certain that your calculation would bring the bridge down.

You can check this on google's calculator, too, but it keeps converting to meters when you type in feet. But you can cut n paste: 2m^2 * 2m^2 and you get 4m^4. (Same math ... just using meters instead of feet.)
http://www.google.com/intl/en/help/features.html#calculator

So you think google's in on the conspiracy?

Works the same way with the calculator at: http://web2.0calc.com/

Just cut n paste 2m^2 * 2m^2 to get 4m^4.

Are they in on it too?

EVERY SINGLE SCIENTIST, MATHEMATICIAN, AND ENGINEER ON THE ENTIRE PLANET DOES MATH THIS WAY ... including the ones you cite. You think we're all idiots ... and you, the guy who knows the absolute least and won't even make the effort to understand it are the only one who gets it?

Last edited by TheFallibleFiend; 10/05/11 01:59 AM.