Question

A garden is in the shape of a square. The area of the square ABCD is 289m2 with each side (x + 4)m.

answer the following questions:

(i) Find the value of x.

(ii) Find the side of the square shaped garden.​

Answer 1

Answer:

Area of square = side^2

$289 = {(x + 4)}^{2} \\ \sqrt{289} = (x + 4) \\ 17 = x + 4 \\ x = 13$

Therefore, side of square = 13 + 4

Side of square = 17 cm

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