SOLUTION: A chess board has 32 black squares and 32 white Squares arranged in a square. How many squares are along each side of the chessboard?

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Question 874135: A chess board has 32 black squares and 32 white Squares arranged in a square. How many squares are along each side of the chessboard?
Answer by jim_thompson5910(35256) About Me  (Show Source):
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There are 32+32 = 64 squares total. They are formed into a giant square. This giant square has an area of 64 square units.


The side length of this square is sqrt%2864%29=8 units long.


So there are 8 squares along each side of the chessboard