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if the area of a square is 200 square inches what is the length of the side in simplest form and in decimal form

User Liam De Haas
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The length of the side is found as follows:


x^2=200\Rightarrow x=10\sqrt[]{2}\Rightarrow x\approx14.1

So, the length of the square is approximately 14.1 inches.

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