The area of a square concrete slab is 20 square feet. Find the side length of the square concrete slab if the area is increase b

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y 25%. Explain how you got the answer.

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guapka [62] · Answer 1 · 2022-06-04T21:51:20+03:00

The side length of the square concrete slab if the area is increased by 25% is 5feet

The formula for calculating the area of a square is expressed as:

A = L² where:

L is the side length of the square

Given the area of the square concrete slab = 20 square feet

20 = L²

L =√20

If the area is increased by 25%, new area will be:

An = 20 + (0.25*20)

An = 20 + 5

An = 25 sq.ft

Get the new length

An = Ln²

25 = Ln²

Ln = √25

Ln = 5feet

Hence the side length of the square concrete slab if the area is increased by 25% is 5feet