how do i figure out this equation? Joy knits a square blanket that has an area of 1,500 square inches. What is the approximate length of each side of the blanket? HELP !! Ms Sue!
a 16 in b 27in 39 in 42 in i don't understand how to solve this!
if the square had 16 in^2, each side would be 4 in, since 16 = 4^2
so, your blanket is √1500 = 38.73 in
so, I'd pick 39in
To figure out the length of each side of the blanket, we can use the formula for the area of a square: A = s^2, where A is the area and s is the length of each side.
In this case, we're given that the area of the blanket is 1,500 square inches. So we can set up the equation as follows:
1,500 = s^2
To solve for s, we need to take the square root of both sides of the equation.
√1,500 = √s^2
Taking the square root of 1,500, we get:
s ≈ 38.73
Since we're looking for an approximate length, we can round this to the nearest whole number. Therefore, the approximate length of each side of the blanket is 39 inches.
So, the answer is option b) 39 in.