Question

A square fishpond has an area of 68 square feet. To the nearest tenth of a foot, what is the length of one side of the fishpond?

Answer 1

`s = 8.2ft`

Explanation:

If you know the area of a square you can find the length of the sides by finding the square root of the area.

`A = s xx s = s^2`

`s = sqrtA`

If the area is `68 ft^2`

`s = sqrt68= 8.246..`

Rounding off gives `s = 8.2ft`