Question

The area of Jamie's square backyard is 64 square meters. What is the length of one side of Jamie's backyard? Please Answer this asap bc I have to get this turned in, in about 10 mins please hurry

Answer 1

8 meters

Explanation:

Since the 4 sides of a square are all equal, the area of a square can be found using:

a=s*s or

a=s^2

We know that the area is 64 square meters, so we can substitute 64 in for a

64=s^2

We are trying to find a side, s, so we have to get s by itself. Since s is being squared, take the square root of both sides. This will cancel out the exponent, and leave s by itself.

`√(64)=√(s^2)`

8=s

So, one side of the backyard is 8 meters