Question

If a square has an area of 25x², write an expression for the length of one side. :)

Answer 1

Since all sides of a square are the same, the area of a square is one side squared.

Meaning if a square had a side of 4, the area would be 16 since 4 squared is equal to 16.

The opposite is to square root the area. If you calculate the square root of 16, you get 4.

In this situation, we have to square root "$25x^{2}$." We can split the area up into "25" and $x^{2}$. The square root of 25 is 5, and the square root of x squared is just x. Multiply 5 and x together, you get 5x.

Easy as that, you get your answer!

5x