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The formula for the area of a square is x^2 where x is the side of the square.
\n" ); document.write( "In this case x = 9.5 m. So we find (9.5)^2 which is 90.25. Therefore the area of a square patio that measures 9.5m per side is 90.25 sq m.
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\n" ); document.write( " Thank you. I do have one question though. And, please realize that I do not understand this at all. But, isn't 9.5^2 just finding two sides?
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Yes, it is finding the two sides and then multiplying them together. You
\n" ); document.write( "have a square which means that all sides are of equal length. We are told
\n" ); document.write( "that 9.5m is the length of a side so that all sides have to be of that
\n" ); document.write( "length. To find the area of a rectangle we take two sonsecutive sides times
\n" ); document.write( "each other. A square is a special rectangle which as I said above has sides
\n" ); document.write( "of equal length. So we take 9.5 * 9.5 or 9.5^2. And this gives us the
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