ANSWER
EXPLANATION
The outermost square tile has side length,
The area of a square is given by;
We substitite the given expression for the side length into the formula to obtain,
We expand using the distributive property to obtain;
This gives us:
The last choice is correct.
Given:
The area of the squares are given.
To find:
The exact side length or estimate side length of the square.
Solution:
We know that, the area of a square is
Where, a is the side length of the square.
Area of the square is 100 square units. So, the side length is:
Therefore, the side length is 10 units.
Area of the square is 95 square units. So, the side length is:
It is not exact. We know that .
Therefore, the side length is between 9 and 10.
Area of the square is 36 square units. So, the side length is:
Therefore, the side length is 6 units.
Area of the square is 30 square units. So, the side length is:
It is not exact. We know that .
Therefore, the side length is between 5 and 6.