SOLUTION: "find the side of a square whose area is equal to that of a rectangle with sides 32 and 18 centimeter"

Question 761428: "find the side of a square whose area is equal to that of a rectangle with sides 32 and 18 centimeter"
Answer by Stitch(470) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
The equation for the area is A = L x W
Given lengths of 32cm and 18cm. Solve for the area.

A square by definition, has four sides of equal length.
The equation for the area of a square can be written as or
Solve for L, using 576 for A

Take the square root of both sides

The length of one side of the square is 24cm.
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