Question

formula for area is A=s^2where s is the length of a side. use this formula to solve the following problem give an exact answer and a 2 decimal place approximation
a certian building has a square base. the area of the base is 34,596 sq meters. find the length of a side
of this building.
the exact length is..?? meters
the approximate length of a side of the base of the building is ?? meters

Answer 1

Here we have the area, so we can plug in this area for the area in the original equation you have:
\[34,596 m^2=s^2\]Now, you need to get s, which is the side length, all by itself. Do you see how we can remove the squared from the s?

Answer 2

no

Answer 3

Ok, the opposite of squaring a value is taking the square root of the value. So, we can eliminate the squared from the right side by square rooting both sides, so:
\[s=\sqrt{34,596 m^2}\]