A square has an area of 144 square inches. What are the side lengths of the square?
To find the side lengths of the square, we can use the formula for the area of a square: side length squared equals area.
Let's denote the side length of the square as s.
Given that the area of the square is 144 square inches, we have:
s^2 = 144
To solve for s, we take the square root of both sides:
s = √144
s = 12
Therefore, the side length of the square is 12 inches.