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Alex is planning on making a square shape playground in the back yard. He wants me to only use 400 square inches of his background. What's the dimension of his playground?

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Answer:

Therefore,

Dimension of Alex playground is

20 inch × 20 inch

Explanation:

Given:

Alex is planning on making a square shape playground in the back yard.

He wants me to only use 400 square inches

Area of Square Play ground = 400 square inches

To Find:

Dimension of his playground = ?

Solution:

Let the square ground dimension be "x"

We know area of Square is given as


\textrm{Area of Square (play ground) }=side* side=(side)^(2)

Substituting the values we get


400=(x)^(2)

Square Rooting we get


x=√(400)=20\ inches

Therefore,

Dimension of Alex playground is

20 inch × 20 inch

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