Question

The problem is: The area of a square picture frame is 55 square inches. Find the length of one side of the frame. Explain.Part A: To the nearest whole inch.Part B: To the nearest whole inch.

Answer 1

We know that the formula for the area of a square is:

`A=S^2`

Where S is the lenght of one of the sides.

Since we know the area of the square picture frame, we can use this formula and find the lenght of one side as following:

`\begin{gathered} S^2=55\rightarrow S=\sqrt[]{55} \\ \\ \Rightarrow S=7.41 \end{gathered}`

Therefore, the correct answers are:

A) 7 inches

B) 7.4 inches