miles

[helghast]

what is the difference between a square mile and a mile squared? there is a difference.

[Backdrifter]

And that is indeed right, deamo.

[jimmer]

thats not quite correct. a square mile and a mile squared will always have the same area of 1 mile to the power of 2,  or 1 x 1 = 1 square mile. 10 square miles has an area of 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 = 10 where as 10 miles squared ( 10 to the power of 2 ) has an area of 10 x 10 = 100 square miles.

 

jim

[supertrucker]

Isnt' a square mile a measure of area and one mile squared a measure of distance (linear)?

[bernardo]

No, supertrucker.  They are both area.  But (as the others have said already) a square mile is a unit of area of one square mile, and a mile squared is the area of a square of one mile by one mile.

 

Thus

1 mile squared = 1 square mile

2 miles squared = 4 square miles

3 miles squared = 9 square miles

41 miles squared = 1681 square miles

etc.