Question

A floor has two square-shaped designs. The area of the second square-shaped design is sixteen times greater than the area of the first square-shaped design. Which statement gives the correct relationship between the lengths of the sides of the two squares?

The length of the side of the second square is 16 times greater than the length of the side of the first square.

The length of the side of the second square is 2 times greater than the length of the side of the first square.

The length of the side of the second square is 4 times greater than the length of the side of the first square.

The length of the side of the second square is 8 times greater than the length of the side of the first square.

Answer 1

@Jamierox4ev3r @campbell_st

Answer 2

if the shape is a square, taking the square root of the area given the side length



a square with area 1 square unit has side length of 1

a square with area 16 square units has side length...?

now compare the longer side and the shorter side.

the longer side is ..... times as long as the shorter side

hope this helps

Answer 3

Is it 4 times as long as the shorter side?

Answer 4

@campbell_st ?

Answer 5

thats correct...

Answer 6

Okay. Thank you(: