Question

a square has an area of 224 square feet. find the length of each side

Answer 1

For a square,

$A = s^2$

$s^2 = A$

$s^2 = 224 ~sq ~ft$

$s = \sqrt{224~sq~ft}$

$s = \sqrt{16 \times 14}~ft$

$s = 4\sqrt{14}~ft$

The exact length of each side is $4 \sqrt{14}~ft$ which is 14.97 ft rounded off to the nearest hundredth.