SOLUTION: what is the length of one side of a square that has an area of 289 in^2?

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Question 148545: what is the length of one side of a square that has an area of 289 in^2?
Answer by Edwin McCravy(20054)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
what is the length of one side of a square that has an area of 289 in2?

Count the little squares, pretending they are each 1 in2 each.

You'll find there are 289 of them



Count the length of each side.  You'll find there are 17 on a side.

How do we find it without drawing and counting?

Use the formula:



Substitute 289 for A



Take the square root of both sides:



Get your calculator and take the square root of 289.

You'll get 17.  So



So each side of that square is 17 inches long. 

Edwin
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