SOLUTION: The area of a square is equal to the area of a circle, who is the diameter is 10. What is the length of a side of the Square.

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Question 1142782: The area of a square is equal to the area of a circle, who is the diameter is 10. What is the length of a side of the Square.

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Answer by ikleyn(52787)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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The area of a square is equal to the area of a circle, which has the diameter of 10.
What is the length of a side of the Square.
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The length of a side of the square is   =  =  =  = 8.86 units (approximately).


Answer by math_helper(2461)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
The area of a square is equal to the area of a circle, who is the diameter is 10. What is the length of a side of the Square.
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The area of a square is equal to the area of a circle, which has diameter 10. What is the length of a side of the Square.
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Let r = radius of circle (r=5 units)
Let s = side of square




Solving for s:



The exact answer is (replacing r with its value of 5):



The approximate answer is:
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