the area of the base of a square notepad is 2.25 square inches. what is the length of one side of the base of the notepad?
To find the length of one side of the base of the notepad, we need to find the square root of the area of the base.
The area of the base is given as 2.25 square inches.
Taking the square root of 2.25, we find that one side of the base is:
√2.25 = 1.5 inches
Therefore, the length of one side of the base of the notepad is 1.5 inches.