Question

The square tile shown has a side length of 10.5 inches. What power can you write to represent the area of the tile? Write the power an expression with a base and an exponent, and then find the area of the square.

Answer 1

10.5 to the power of 2 (or in other words 10.5 squared) and 110.25 square inches.

Answer 2

The expression can be written as 10.5^{2}.

The area of the square is then 110.25 inches squared.