SOLUTION: you want to find the length of your back yard. you know that the year is square and has an area of 870 square feet. what is the approximate length of the back yard

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Question 1023522: you want to find the length of your back yard. you know that the year is square and has an area of 870 square feet. what is the approximate length of the back yard
Answer by macston(5194) About Me  (Show Source):
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Assuming you mean the yard is square (not the year),
then the length of the side of a square area is equal to the square root of the area:
A=area; S=length of side
A=S%5E2
sqrt%28A%29=sqrt%28S%5E2%29
sqrt%28A%29=S
sqrt%28870ft%5E2%29=S
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29.4858ft=S
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ANSWER: The side of the yard is 29 and 1/2 feet
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