document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=105228>Question 105228</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> I'm not even sure if you would consider this a word problem. I do not even know where to begin.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The area of a square is 82 ft^2. Find the length of the side to the nearest hundredth.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Your help is appreciated. </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Well, lets begin by letting S=one of the sides of the square.  Now we know that the area of a square is S*S or S^2 and we are told that this equals 82 ft^2.  So:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "S^2=82 ft^2  take the square root of both sides\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "S=+or-SQRT(82)  forget the negative value because lengths are positive\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "S=9.055 now to the nearest hundreth, S would be either 9.06 or 9.05 depending on our convention for rounding.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Hope this helps----ptaylor </SPAN>\n" );
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