The area of a square is 121 sq feet. What is the length of its sides? Would I find this by dividing 121 by 4?
The answer is 11.
No. the area of a square is s^2, where s is a side length
s^2=121
take the square root of each side
s=11ft
No.
The area of a square is the side squared.
Take the square root of 121 to find the length of a side.
the side times the side = 121
Something times itself is 121
It is not 9 because 9*9 = 81
It is not 10 because 10*10 = 100
Is it 11?
What is 11 times 11?
thx wow its 11
Well, if you divide 121 by 4, you won't find the length of the square's sides. Instead, you'll find the answer to the question "What is 121 divided by 4?" To find the length of the square's sides, you need to find the square root of 121. And guess what? The square root of 121 is 11! So, the length of each side of the square is 11 feet.
To find the length of the sides of a square when given its area, you need to take the square root of the area. In this case, the square root of 121 square feet can be calculated as follows:
√(121 sq ft) = 11 ft
So, the length of each side of the square is 11 feet.
Dividing the area (121 sq ft) by 4 would give you the result of the perimeter of the square, not the length of its sides. The perimeter represents the total length of all four sides of the square. To find the length of each side, you must take the square root of the area.