document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=412086>Question 412086</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> If I have a square with an area = .5\"^2 and I want to know the length of the side, I would normally use Sqrt(.5) to obtain the side length.  For numbers >=1, this works and makes sense.  With numbers <1, the math works, but does not make sense.  Sqrt(.5)= .71.  The sides of the square are larger than the area of the square.  If i convert the area to CM's, everything works as expected (this creates numbers >=1). If my area = 4\"^2, then sqrt (4) = 2\" length of side.  This makes sense.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "How do I correctly calculate the side of a square when the area of that square is less than 1? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Just because the number is larger doesn't mean anything.  You are comparing apples to oranges.  The sides are linear units and the area is in square units.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Consider a square that is one unit on a side.  The area of such a square would be one square unit.  Now consider a square that is 1/2 unit on a side.  Then the area of that smaller square would be 1/2 times 1/2 = 1/4 square unit.  But if you draw yourself a picture of the situation, you will see that this makes perfectly good sense.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "My calculator said it, I believe it, that settles it<BR>\n" );
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