Question

It would help a lot, and if able, please explain

Answer 1

The area of A square is side times side. Since all the sides of A square are equal, simply find the square root of 240.25 and you will receive 15.5 as your answer.

Answer 2

Let one side of the square be x
all sides of the square are equal
A=x•x(area formula of a square)
240.25 = x^2
so then the lengths of the sides of the square is 15.5 in