SOLUTION: you want to find the length of your back yard. you know that the year is square and has an area of 870 square feet. what is the approximate length of the back yard

Question 1023522: you want to find the length of your back yard. you know that the year is square and has an area of 870 square feet. what is the approximate length of the back yard
Answer by macston(5194) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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Assuming you mean the yard is square (not the year),
then the length of the side of a square area is equal to the square root of the area:
A=area; S=length of side

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ANSWER: The side of the yard is 29 and 1/2 feet
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