The square tile shown has a side length of 10.5 inches. What power can you write to represent the area of the tile? Write the power as an expression with a base and exponent, and then find the area of the square.
10.5^2
To find the power that represents the area of the square tile, we need to use the formula for the area of a square, which is A = s^2, where A represents the area and s represents the length of a side.
In this case, the side length of the tile is 10.5 inches. So we can write the power as an expression with a base and exponent as follows:
Area (A) = (10.5 inches)^2
Squaring the side length means multiplying it by itself. So the expression becomes:
Area (A) = 10.5 inches x 10.5 inches
To find the area, we simply multiply 10.5 inches by 10.5 inches:
Area (A) = 110.25 square inches
Therefore, the area of the square tile is 110.25 square inches.