sanitation@lemmy.today to interestingasfuck@lemmy.world · 1 month agoThis is what the pyramids used to look like. They were covered with polished white limestone and had a peak made of pure gold.lemmy.todayimagemessage-square107linkfedilinkarrow-up1409arrow-down115
arrow-up1394arrow-down1imageThis is what the pyramids used to look like. They were covered with polished white limestone and had a peak made of pure gold.lemmy.todaysanitation@lemmy.today to interestingasfuck@lemmy.world · 1 month agomessage-square107linkfedilink
minus-squaresnugglesthefalse@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up7·1 month ago23 cubed cubic metres? Why not just put a few zeroes in the first place?
minus-squarelad@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·1 month agoI guess, because that way it easier conveys the point of ‘it’s a cube with 23 meters side’, which makes sense as it’s easier to imagine than just an arbitrary amount of cubic meters.
minus-squareKairos@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkarrow-up4·1 month agoCorrect. Cube 23m on each side. I think I meant to write (23m)³ but forgot the parentheses.
Whoops. 23³ m³
23 cubed cubic metres? Why not just put a few zeroes in the first place?
I guess, because that way it easier conveys the point of ‘it’s a cube with 23 meters side’, which makes sense as it’s easier to imagine than just an arbitrary amount of cubic meters.
Correct. Cube 23m on each side. I think I meant to write (23m)³ but forgot the parentheses.