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The area of a square is 36in what is the length of each side

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It would be 6 inches because you can divide 36 by 6
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Area = a^2.....where " a " is the length of one side

A = 36

36 = a^2......take the square root of both sides, eliminating the ^2
sqrt 36 = a
6 = a <=== so each side is 6 inches
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