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The area of a square table cloth is 30 square feet. Estimate the length of one side of the tablecloth. Round your answer to the nearest tenth.

 Sep 4, 2014

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The tablecloth is a square, so the area, 30ft2, is the lengths of the sides squared. 

Therefore, one side's length is the square root of 30.

 

$${\sqrt{{\mathtt{30}}}} = {\mathtt{5.477\: \!225\: \!575\: \!051\: \!661\: \!1}}$$

Now round that to the nearest tenth for your answer in feet.

 Sep 4, 2014
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The tablecloth is a square, so the area, 30ft2, is the lengths of the sides squared. 

Therefore, one side's length is the square root of 30.

 

$${\sqrt{{\mathtt{30}}}} = {\mathtt{5.477\: \!225\: \!575\: \!051\: \!661\: \!1}}$$

Now round that to the nearest tenth for your answer in feet.

kitty<3 Sep 4, 2014

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