SOLUTION: A square room has an area of 14,400 square inches. What are the dimensions of the room in inches. Any <u>straightfoward</u> and <u>correct</u> help would be much obliged:)~:)

Question 136003: A square room has an area of 14,400 square inches. What are the dimensions of the room in inches.
Any straightfoward and correct help would be much obliged:)~:)
Answer by solver91311(24713) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
The area of a square is given by where s is the length of one of the sides. Doesn't matter which side because in a square they are all the same.

Since you are given the area as , you need to write the formula like this:

Now all you have to do is take the square root of both sides

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Just use your calculator.

Super-double-plus extra credit: What is the area of the room in square feet?
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