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Question from laura: if i had a square of 2.3 square meters what would its radius be?(in centimeters please) |
Hi Laura,
The area of a square is (the side length) × (the side length).
If the square has an area of 2.3 square meters then
(the side length) × (the side length) = 2.3 square meters.
or
(the side length)2 = 2.3 square meters.
To find the side length I used the square root button on my calculator (√) and found that √2.3 = 1.51678 meters.
There are 100 centimeters in a meter so the side length is 151.68 centimeters.
Penny
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