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A new homeowner buys 120 square feet of carpet for a room in her new house. If the room is square, what is the length of each side of the room? (Recall that the area of a square is calculated by l^2 where l is the length of one side.)

A new homeowner buys 120 square feet of carpet for a room in her new house. If the-example-1
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2√30 feet is the length of one side.
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