document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=900206>Question 900206</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> If the area of a square is 29 square inches, estimate the length of each side of the square to the nearest whole number  </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #545827 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=josgarithmetic><B>josgarithmetic(39617)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=josgarithmetic><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/nopicture.jpg><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=545827\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> You are looking for some x, <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=x%5E2=29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"x%5E2=29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "x will obviously be between 5 and 6.  You say, \"nearest whole number\".  That might not be too accurate.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "5^2=25;<BR>\n" );
document.write( "6^2=36;<BR>\n" );
document.write( "The better choice among the two of those is 5.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Why to the nearest whole number instead of maybe to the nearest tenth?<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=%285%2B6%29%2F2=5.5 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"%285%2B6%29%2F2=5.5\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >;  <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=5.5%5E2=30.25 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"5.5%5E2=30.25\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >, not too bad, and it's better than just 5.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=%285%2B5.5%29%2F2=5.25 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"%285%2B5.5%29%2F2=5.25\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >;   <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=5.25%5E2=27.5625 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"5.25%5E2=27.5625\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >, only a little worse than 5.5.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "What you might want is some value between 5.25 and 5.5.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "You can continue and take a value as near as you want to give approach<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=x%5E2=29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"x%5E2=29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >. </SPAN>\n" );
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