Question

Bo calculated the area of a square to be

Answer 1

Answer:

5/2 inches

Step-by-step explanation:

If there is 25/4 squared inches, we could set this as an equation:

$x {}^{2} = (25 \div 4)$

Now, since 25 and 4 is a perfect square, we could do this:

$x {}^{2} = (5 \div 2) {}^{2}$

(distribute the square exponent to both 5 and 2 to get the original)

And since the exponent is the same, we can clearly tell x is 5/2 (or square root it)