Question

A square rug has an area 36 ft squared. Write the side length as a square root. Then decide if the side length is a rational number.

Answer 1

Answer is
(a) side length of 6 ft and
(b) yes it is a rational number

Step by step. A square has all equal sides (S), and the area is found by multiplying L x W, or S^2.
So to reverse that, you know the area is 36, so you want the square root of 36 = 6.

Now, a rational number is any number that can be written as a fraction, so yes, 6 is a rational number.

Answer 2

Side length = 6 ft

Explanation:

Each side is 6 ft

6 x6 = 36 square feet