Question

Maria makes a quilt. The main design is 5 feet long on each side. Then she adds a border around the main design. The finidher quilt has an area of 36 square feet.1. What is the lenght of one side of the finished quilt?

Answer 1

The area of the finished quilt can be calculated as:

$\text{Area}=a^2$

Where a is the length of each side of the quilt.

We know that the area is 36 square feet, so we can replace the area on the initial equation and solve for a:

$\begin{gathered} 36=a^2 \\ \sqrt{36}=a \\ 6=a \end{gathered}$

So, the length of one side of the finished quilt is 6 feet

Answer: 6 feet