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The area of a square garden is 169 square feet. Find the length of one side of the garden, in feet.

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If the garden is a true square, then all 4 sides are the same length.

The area of a square is equal to length^2

If we find the square root of 169, we can find the length.

√169 = 13

Each length of the square is 13 feet.

User Dave Hunt
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Hi, there. Finding the area of a square is multiplying the length by the width. For squares, the length and width are the same. This means that two equal number multiplied together is 169, so we'll have
x * x = 169 and
x^(2) = 169.

If x multiplied by itself makes 169, this means that the length of one side length is equal to the square root of 169.


√(169) = 13

So the length of one side is 13 square feet. Good luck!

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