document.write( "Question 452802: if an area of a square is 64 square inches what is the side length of the square? \n" ); document.write( "
Algebra.Com's Answer #311196 by jim_thompson5910(35256)\"\" \"About 
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\"A=s%5E2\" Start with the area of a square formula.\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"sqrt%28A%29=s\" Take the square root of both sides (note: we're only taking the positive square root since a negative length doesn't make sense).\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"s=sqrt%28A%29\" Flip the equation.\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"s=sqrt%2864%29\" Plug in \"A=64\".\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"s=8\" Take the square root of \"64\" to get \"8\".\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "So if a square has an area of \"64\" square inches, then it has a side length of \"8\" inches.
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