Answer:
9 in
Explanation:
Since the square canvas was completely covered using 77.8 in.² of fabric without any overlap, to get the side length of the canvas, we will use the formula for calculating the area of a square.
Area of a square = Length * Length
A = L*L
A = L²
Given the Area of the area of the square canvas as 77.8 in², on substituting this values into the formula to get L we have;
77.8 = L²
Take the square root of both sides
√77.8 = √L²
L = √77.8
L = 8.82 in
L ≈ 9inches
The length 8.82in gotten was approximated to 9in because the first value after the decimal point is greater that 4 and once we have such case 1 will be added to the value before the decimal point i.e 8 to make it 9.
Hence measurement that is closest to the side length of this canvas in inches is 9inches.