Question

If the area of a square is 33 square inches, which is greater: the length of a side of the of a side of the square to the nearest tenth of an inch or the square root of 40?

Answer 1

40

Explanation:

Answer 2

square root of 40 is greater than side of the square

Explanation:

First we find square root of 40

`√(40) = 6.325`

Now

given

area of a square is 33 square inches

we know area of square is side square

area of square =
`side^2`

`side^2 = 33\\√(side^2) = √(33)\\side = 5.745`

Thus, we see length side of square is 5.7 inches

and square root of 40 is 6.325

since

6.325 > 5.7

hence square root of 40 is greater