Question

The area of square A is 40ft^2 . The area of square B is 250% of the area of square A. What is the length of one side of square B?

Answer 1

Explanation:

We are given the area of square A as 40 ft². Then we are told that the area of square B is 250% of A's area. The equation in words that we are going to be using is:

Area of square B = 2.5 × Area of square A where the word "is" is replaced by an equals sign, and the word "of" is replaced by a multiplication sign. We know that the area of A is 40, so:

Area of square B = 2.5(40) and

Area of square B = 100 ft²

The area formula for a square is A = s², so if the Area is 100:

100 = s² so

s = 10ft