SOLUTION: There is a square prism with a height of 4 in. The area of the base is 49 in. squared. What are the dimensions of the square?

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Question 1113408: There is a square prism with a height of 4 in. The area of the base is 49 in. squared. What are the dimensions of the square?
Found 2 solutions by Alan3354, ikleyn:
Answer by Alan3354(69443)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
There is a square prism with a height of 4 in. The area of the base is 49 in. squared. What are the dimensions of the square?
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Area = s^2 where s = side length.
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The height is not relevant.

Answer by ikleyn(52814)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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The edge length at the base is 7 inches.

7 = .

The info about the height is NOT NECESSARY, is EXCESSIVE and IS NOT USED IN THE SOLUTION.


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