SOLUTION: i need help. okay paula has some bricks to make a square patio. she knows she has enough to cover 50 square feet. she needs to find how long to make the patio how long should paula

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Question 350527: i need help. okay paula has some bricks to make a square patio. she knows she has enough to cover 50 square feet. she needs to find how long to make the patio how long should paula make the patio ? round the answer to the neaest tenth of a foot
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Since the patio needs to be square, the length and width have to be equal, and since the area is the length times the width, the side of the square has to be the square root of 50 which is . Use your calculator.


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