of the following is a possible measure of the area of a square rug?
• 18 square feet
• 24 square feet
• 36 square feet ••
• 48 square feet
Based on your answer to the previous question, what would the length of one side of the rug be?
• 4 feet
• 6 feet
• 8 feet
• 9 feet ••
Correct this
Your first answer is right; the second is wrong.
Hint: A = LW
I got 6
Yes, 6 feet is right.
To measure the area of a square rug, you need to multiply the length of one side by itself. So, to find the possible measures of the area, you can take the square root of the given values.
In this case, the possible measures of the area are:
• √18 square feet, which is approximately 4.24 square feet.
• √24 square feet, which is approximately 4.9 square feet.
• √36 square feet, which is exactly 6 square feet.
• √48 square feet, which is approximately 6.93 square feet.
Now, to find the length of one side of the rug, you can take the square root of the area.
Therefore, the correct options for the length of one side, based on the possible measures of area, are:
• √18 square feet ≈ 4.24 feet
• √24 square feet ≈ 4.9 feet
• √36 square feet = 6 feet
• √48 square feet ≈ 6.93 feet
Thus, the corrected answer is:
The length of one side of the rug could be approximately 4.24 feet, 4.9 feet, 6 feet, or approximately 6.93 feet.