Answer:
Think of even square roots close to 27: the closest is 25 which has a square root of 5. Now think of the number with an even square root after 25: 36 which has a square root of 6. Since 27 is between 25 and 36, the square root of 27 would be between 5 and 6.
1. ratio = 2 c of dressing / 4 lb of vegetables
Use two variables: d for the number of c of dressing and v for the number of pounds of vegetables.
Then d / v = 2/4 = 1/2 => d = v/2
Now you can make a table
v d
2 1
4 2
6 3
8 2
And you can draw a line for the points (2,1); (4,2); (6,3), (8,4) ... the slope of the graph is the ratio = 1/2
b) I already did it above as part ot the explanation: d/v = 1/2
1.69 is 1.3 to the second power
Area of square is a^2
4^2 = 16
the area is 16 units
