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[-] itslilith@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 2 months ago

In writing it's not clear, but in spoken word you usually stress it like (381 kilometers) *pause* squared, which makes it clear the square applies to both value and unit, (381km)², whereas 381 (kilometers squared) is just 381km²

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