Question

The area of a square is 17 square inches. What is the correct length of one side?

Answer 1

If a square has an area of `17` square inches, the length of each side must be `color(blue)sqrt(17)`

Explanation:

`sqrt(17)` is approximately `4.123` but there is no rational, exact value for this.

Answer 2

`sqrt(17)`

Explanation:

In a square, each side is the same. so `x^2 = 17`, therefore each side is `sqrt(17)`