Question

A square has an area of 144 ft^2 what is the length of each side

Answer 1

Each side is 12 ft long.

Explanation:

So, you have a square, which means all of the sides are going to be the same length. So, you need something times itself that equals 144. Or, you need the square root of 144 (Because when something is squared, it is multiplied by itself). And the square root of 144 is 12.

Answer 2

Answer: 12 feet

This is because
`12^2 = 12*12 = 144`

Squaring a number means you multiply it with itself.

The square root goes in reverse to have
`√(144) = 12`