Question

Note: Your teacher will grade your response to ensure that you receive proper credit for your answers. A square field has an area of 479 ft2. What is the approximate length of a side of the field? Give your answer to the nearest foot. Explain your response.

Answer 1

As the field is a square, we know that the length of each side is the same. This means that we can use a square root to find the answer.

$\sqrt{479} = 21.886$

So when this is rounded, each side is aprx. 22 ft long.