SOLUTION: A square has a side of 6.25 feet. What is the area in square feet? Round to the correct significant digits

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Question 884858: A square has a side of 6.25 feet. What is the area in square feet? Round to the correct significant digits
Answer by JulietG(1812) About Me  (Show Source):
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Area = length * width
Since all sides of a square are equal, both length and width are 6.25.
6.25 feet * 6.25 feet = 39.0625 square feet.
6.25 has three significant digits.
Rounding 39.0625 to three significant digits is 39.1 square feet