SOLUTION: Carol is painting a four square game court on a school playground. The four small squares are all the same size. If the total area of the four small squares is 256 ft2, what is the

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Question 923593: Carol is painting a four square game court on a school playground. The four small squares are all the same size. If the total area of the four small squares is 256 ft2, what is the side length of each small square?
Answer by ewatrrr(24785) About Me  (Show Source):
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256ft%5E2%2F4 = 64ft^2 the Area of each square
s^2 = 64 (tossing out negative solution for unit measure)
s = 8ft