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A small square window has an area of 36 square inches. What is the length of each side?

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Jun 7, 2018

$6 inch$ $"6 inch"$

Explanation:

Area ( $A$ $"A"$ ) of a square of side length ( $ℓ$ $ℓ$ ) is

$A = ℓ^{2}$ $"A" = ℓ^2$

From above

$ℓ = \sqrt{A}$ $ℓ = sqrt"A"$

$ℓ = \sqrt{{36 in}^{2}}$ $color(white)(ℓ) = sqrt("36 in"^2)$

$color(white)(ℓ) = 6\ "in"$

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