Question

a square with an area of 196ft is reduced by a factor of 1/4. How long are the new sides of the square?

Answer 1

Answer:

area of a square = s2s2 = 196square root both sides√196 = 14s = ±14Since you are asked the length of a side (length can never be negative, remember ..

Answer 2

a square means that it's a rectangle with all four sides equal in length. So, since area for square is side squared (s2):

s² = 196

use a calcuator to get the square root of 196 which is 14.

so length is 14 feet.