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a napkin has an area of 5 square inch . what is the side length of the napkin to the nearest hundredth of an inch?

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The side length is 2.24 inches.

The area of a square is given by s²; we have
s² = 5

To find the value of s, we take the square root of each side:
√s² = √5
s = √5 = 2.236 ≈ 2.24
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