Question

Which best describes Imara’s error?

A). She should have found the area of the square with side lengths of 15 first
B). She did not correctly calculate the area of the square with side lengths of 15.
C). She should have found the sum of 15 and 20 and then squared the sum
D). She did not find the side lengths of the square with an area of 625

Answer 1

d

Explanation:

Answer 2

The statement that best describes Imara's error is:

Option: D

D). She did not find the side lengths of the square with an area of 625.

Explanation:

Imara correctly did the previous calculation.

i.e. she correctly determined the area of square with side length 20 units (as 400 square units) and 15 units (i.e. 225 square units)

But when she sum the area of two squares then it won't give the length of hypotenuse it would give the area of a square.

Hence, the correct answer is:

Option: D