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A fire burned a square - shaped forest 14mi on a side the area is ?

A fire burned a square - shaped forest 14mi on a side the area is ?-example-1
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the area is the nuber times the sides which would be 14 times 4, which equals 56
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A square has all sides of the same length. This means that the length and width are both 14 miles. The area of a square is Length times width, or 14 times 14. This comes out to be 196 miles squared
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