Question

The area of a square is 144 square feet.

What is the length of one side of the square?

A.
288 feet

B.
72 feet

C.
12 feet

D.
36 feet

Answer 1

let x be the side length of the square

Answer 2

the area of this square is x times x

the area is given to be 144 square feet

Answer 3

ok

Answer 4

so

x times x = 144

Answer 5

what number multiplied by itself gives 144 ?

Answer 6

1

Answer 7

1 times 1 is not 144

Answer 8

oh i mean 1*144

Answer 9

you need the same number multiplied by itself

Answer 10

(some number) times (same number) = 144

Answer 11

12*12

Answer 12

easy

Answer 13

correct

Answer 14

So the side length of this square is 12 feet

Answer 15

i was thinking of something else

Answer 16

so c

Answer 17

12

Answer 18

Alternate Method:

x times x is the same as \(\large x^2\)
So we know that \(\large x^2=144\)
Use square roots to solve for x
\[\Large x^2 = 144\]
\[\Large \sqrt{x^2} = \sqrt{144}\]
\[\Large x = 12\]
So the side length of this square is 12 feet

Answer 19

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Answer 20

ok wait

Answer 21

yes?

Answer 22

Which arrangement shows , , , and in order from least to greatest?

A.


B.


C.


D.

Answer 23

not all the numbers made it

Answer 24

, , , and

Answer 25

ghost numbers

Answer 26

lol

Answer 27

draw it out if you can

Answer 28

k

Answer 29

thanks

Answer 30

you can convert each number to decimal form

Answer 31

k

Answer 32

so you can compare

Answer 33

example: 34/5 = 6.8

Answer 34

k yes

Answer 35

6 2/3 = 6 + 2/3 = ???

Answer 36

ok