Question

jamals lawn is shaped like a square with an area of 224.9ft2 .which measurement is closest to the side length of his lawn in feet

Answer 1

We use the formula for the area "A" of a square with equal sides of length "l":

`A=l^2`

Since we know the value of the area is:

`A=224.9ft^2`

We substitute that value into the formula for the area:

`224.9ft^2=l^2`

Next, we take the square root of both sides of the equation:

`\sqrt[]{224.9ft^2}=\sqrt[]{l^2}`

On the right side, the exponent and the square root will cancel, and we will get "l", and on the left side, we calculate the square root:

`14.99ft=l`

Which can be rounded to the closest value, that is 15 ft.

Answer: 15 feet