A coast guard ship patrols an area of 125 square miles. If the area the ship patrols is a square, about how long is each side of the area? Round to the nearest mile.
Area of Square
ie. a^2 = 125
a = sqrt(125)
a= 11.18 Approximately 11 miles
sqrt(125) = 11.18 miles.
You do the rounding.
To find the length of each side of the area, we need to calculate the square root of the given area.
The formula to find the length of a side of a square is:
Side length = √(Area)
In this case, the given area of the patrol area is 125 square miles. So, we can calculate the side length as follows:
Side length = √(125)
To find the square root of 125, we can use a calculator or any mathematical software.
Calculating the square root of 125 gives us approximately 11.18.
Since we are rounding to the nearest mile, the length of each side of the patrol area is approximately 11 miles.