You have a square field with an area of 144 square meters. This means that the space inside the square measures 144 square meters in total. Since a square has all sides of equal length, let's call the length of each side "s".
The formula for the area of a square is A = side * side, or A = s^2. In this case, we know the area is 144, so we can write the equation as:
s^2 = 144
To find the side length "s", we need to take the square root of both sides of the equation. The square root of 144 is 12, because 12 * 12 = 144. So:
s = √144
s = 12 meters
Now that we know the side length is 12 meters, we can calculate the perimeter of the square. Perimeter is the distance around the outside of a shape. In a square, all four sides are equal, so we can simply multiply the side length by 4:
Perimeter = 4 * side
Perimeter = 4 * 12
Perimeter = 48 meters
So, the perimeter of the square field is 48 meters.