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The area of a square is represented by the expression 16x^4y^8. What is the length of each side of this square

User Douwe Van Der Meij
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Answer:
4x^2y^4

Explanation:

Given

The area of the square is
A=16x^4y^8

Suppose a is the side length of the square

The area of the square is given by


\Rightarrow A=(\text{side length})^2

So, we can write


\Rightarrow a^2=16x^4y^8\\\Rightarrow a=4x^2y^4

length of each side is
4x^2y^4

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