What is the area of a square plot of land whose each side measures 17/2 meters?

1 Answer
Oct 15, 2017

The area of the square is 72.25 m^2.

Explanation:

Area is calculated by using the formula: A=bh. Where:
=> b is the length of the base side in the corresponding units. May sometimes be used interchangeably with l for length.
=> h is the length of the side touching the base in the corresponding units. May sometimes be used interchangeably with h for length.

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Rectangles, squares, and parallelograms share the exact same formula for the area.

All we do is sub in the correct values for the variables and solve.

A=bh

Because it is a square, every side is the same length, so we can just square the value.

=(17/2m)^2

Because we are finding the area, we must square the units as well.

=289/4 m^2

=72.25 m^2

Therefore, the area of the square is 72.25 m^2.

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