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#1 (permalink) Mon Mar 10, 2008 12:20 pm meaning of "times the quantity"

Hi, When you need to read the following mathematical expression aloud: x^2 (or x*x), would you say it this way: x times the quantity 2 ? Thanks !

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#2 (permalink) Mon Mar 10, 2008 13:31 pm meaning of "times the quantity"

2 is a quantity, of course, but most often we'd say "x times 2".

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