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Question 105228: I'm not even sure if you would consider this a word problem. I do not even know where to begin.
The area of a square is 82 ft^2. Find the length of the side to the nearest hundredth.
Your help is appreciated.
Answer by ptaylor(2198) About Me  (Show Source):
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Well, lets begin by letting S=one of the sides of the square. Now we know that the area of a square is S*S or S^2 and we are told that this equals 82 ft^2. So:
S^2=82 ft^2 take the square root of both sides
S=+or-SQRT(82) forget the negative value because lengths are positive
S=9.055 now to the nearest hundreth, S would be either 9.06 or 9.05 depending on our convention for rounding.

Hope this helps----ptaylor