The area of a square is 17 square inches. What is the correct length of one side?

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Answer 1 · 2018-06-04T11:14:01

If a square has an area of $17$ $17$ square inches, the length of each side must be $\sqrt{17}$ $color(blue)sqrt(17)$

$\sqrt{17}$ $sqrt(17)$ is approximately $4.123$ $4.123$ but there is no rational, exact value for this.

Answer 2 · 2018-06-04T11:14:24

$\sqrt{17}$ $sqrt(17)$

In a square, each side is the same. so $x^{2} = 17$ $x^2 = 17$ , therefore each side is $\sqrt{17}$ $sqrt(17)$