Question

sam is knitting a square blanket .if the area of the blanket is 1,600 square inches, about how long is each side of the blanket?

Answer 1

40

Answer 2

Area of a square is \[s ^{2}\] . s being one of the sides. so we set the equation up like so: \[s ^{2}=1600\]
\[s=\sqrt{1600}\]
\[s=40\]