SOLUTION: for college wrestling competitions the ncaa requires that the wrestling mat be a square with an area of 1764 square feet. what is the length of each side on the mat?

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Question 342895: for college wrestling competitions the ncaa requires that the wrestling mat be a square with an area of 1764 square feet. what is the length of each side on the mat?
Answer by kcanil08(11) About Me  (Show Source):
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area of square is L%5E2
where is lenght of each side.
so
1764=L%5E2
taking square root of both sides
sqrt%281764%29=L
so L = 42 ft.