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A square box lid has an area of 50 square inches. Which is the best estimate of the length of one side?

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Answer: 7.1 inches

Explanation:

The area of a square is simply the square of one of its length. Therefore since we are informed that the area of the square box is given as 50 inches².

Then the best estimate of the length of one side will be the square root of 50 which will be:

= ✓50

= 7.1 inches approximately

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