If the sides of a square is 5 cm, the area of the new square is four times the area of the original square. find the length of a side of the original square

Question

Its for an algebra 2 honors class

Answer 1

The area of this square is 25 sq cm. Divide this by 4, resulting in a new area of 6.25 cm sq. The sq root of 6.25 is 2.5. Thus, 2.5 cm would be the length of the original side.