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Re: 72.27! (was Re: ruler.ps - an inch/point ruler of your very own)

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From: Zev Sero
Date: Tue, 23 Jan 1990 05:14
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In article <9001220213.aa05139@blackbox.gore.com> jacob@BLACKBOX.GORE.COM (Jacob Gore) writes:

   How many square meters is a hectare?

1 ha = 10 000m^2 (100^2).  There was a pre-SI measure called the are
which was 100 m^2, so the ha is 100 times that.
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				Zev Sero  -  zvs@bby.oz.au
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Subject: Re: 72.27! (was Re: ruler.ps - an inch/point ruler of your very own)
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