C N Red
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Can some math genius tell me why a 3.5meter x 3.5meter area is greater than a 3meter x 4meter area? Maybe its just my morning brain, just seems like it should be the same, but isn't.
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Start by looking at a 3x3 square. If you add 1 to one of the sides to get a 3x4 rectangle, you've added a single 3x1 rectangle or increased the area by 3. If you add 0.5 to both sides to get a 3.5x3.5 square, you've added two 3x0.5 rectangles (each of area 1.5 or an increase in area of 3 for both) and an additional 0.5x0.5 square (increase of 0.25 in area) for a total increase in area of 3.25. It's that additional square which causes the area to be greater because that additional square is getting increased area from the combination of increasing both the width and height.
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@jsneb83 oh yeah? Just go to Lowe's or Home Depot and try to buy a metric tape measure
