length of a square

Question

The area of a square is 16ft^2. Find the length of each side of the square.

Answer 1

Area = side squared = A =s^2

s^2 = A

s = +sqrA = sqr16 = 4 feet = length of each of the 4 sides

Answer 2

Hello, Lisa. The measure of all of the sides of a square are the same. We therefore have to take the square root of the area to determine that measure. The square root of 16 ft² is 4 ft.