Question

The area of a square garden is 169 square feet. Find the length of one side of the garden, in feet.

Answer 1

If the garden is a true square, then all 4 sides are the same length.

The area of a square is equal to length^2

If we find the square root of 169, we can find the length.

√169 = 13

Each length of the square is 13 feet.

Answer 2

Hi, there. Finding the area of a square is multiplying the length by the width. For squares, the length and width are the same. This means that two equal number multiplied together is 169, so we'll have $x * x = 169$ and $x^{2} = 169$.

If x multiplied by itself makes 169, this means that the length of one side length is equal to the square root of 169.

$\sqrt{169}$ = 13

So the length of one side is 13 square feet. Good luck!