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squared ft or ft squared

squared ft or ft squared

squared ft or ft squared

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These expressions are both used to denote the area of a square whose sides have a length of 1 ft. But when we speak of a 100 squared foot square we mean one whose sides are 10 ft long. When we say a 100 foot square square, we mean a square with 100 ft on each side. Can you bring clarity to this imbroglio ?

RE: squared ft or ft squared

10 x 10 = 100 square feet = 10 feet square

RE: squared ft or ft squared

"A 100 foot square" is a square that is 100 feet on each side.  This a a colloquial term and should not be used in engineering discussion or documents because of the possible ambiguity.

"Square feet" and "feet squared" are units of area.  There is no implication that the area must acutally be a square.

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