SOLUTION: if an area of a square is 64 square inches what is the side length of the square?

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Question 452802: if an area of a square is 64 square inches what is the side length of the square?
Found 2 solutions by rfer, jim_thompson5910:
Answer by rfer(16322) About Me  (Show Source):
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each side is 8 in

Answer by jim_thompson5910(35256) About Me  (Show Source):
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A=s%5E2 Start with the area of a square formula.


sqrt%28A%29=s Take the square root of both sides (note: we're only taking the positive square root since a negative length doesn't make sense).


s=sqrt%28A%29 Flip the equation.


s=sqrt%2864%29 Plug in A=64.


s=8 Take the square root of 64 to get 8.


So if a square has an area of 64 square inches, then it has a side length of 8 inches.