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0 pointskaffekaka8mo ago0 comments

The square side would be 41 m meaning ~1600 square meters per face, if I read correctly. So quite a large flat.

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Oh, the side? That makes sense, I thought 41 sqm.

jerf8mo ago

Sorry, yes, 41m-on-a-side cube, not 41m^2-sided cube. The outermost square-root in the expression takes the area of one side of the cube (which is the area of the dollars, divided by 6 to account for needing to cover the 6 sides of the cube) and pulls it down to the cube's length of one side.

stavros8mo ago

Yeah, you said it correctly, but I'm not a native speaker and brainfarted "41m on a side" into "each side is 41 sqm". I thought "face", rather than "edge".

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stavros8mo ago

Oh, the side? That makes sense, I thought 41 sqm.

jerf8mo ago

stavros8mo ago

Yeah, you said it correctly, but I'm not a native speaker and brainfarted "41m on a side" into "each side is 41 sqm". I thought "face", rather than "edge".

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