SOLUTION: manuel is helping his father fence their back yard for a new puppy. The yard is in the shape of a square and has an area of 900.
what is the side length and how much fencing do
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what is the side length and how much fencing do
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Question 227424: manuel is helping his father fence their back yard for a new puppy. The yard is in the shape of a square and has an area of 900.
what is the side length and how much fencing do they need to complete the project? Answer by LtAurora(115) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! The area for a square is:
Since L and W are the same, call it a side (S):
So, plug in our area:
Take the square root of 900: , which is the length of the side
To find how much fencing, add up all 4 sides: , which is our total fencing needed.
