The area of a square is 40 inches squared. If the length of each side of the square is 2x in, what is the value of x?

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The area of a square is 40 inches squared. If the length of each side of the square is 2x in, what is the value of x?

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We have.....

side^2 = Area ..... so.....

(2x)^2 = 40 simplify

4x^2 = 40 divide by 4 on each side

x^2 = 10 take the square root of both sides

x = √10 in.

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We have.....

side^2 = Area ..... so.....

(2x)^2 = 40 simplify

4x^2 = 40 divide by 4 on each side

x^2 = 10 take the square root of both sides

x = √10 in.

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