Question

The area of the picture frame is 55 square inches. find the length of one side of the frame.

Part a- nearest whole inch

Part b- nearest tenth of an inch

Answer 1

To find the length of one side of the picture frame, we need to find the square root of the area.

a) Nearest whole inch:
The square root of 55 is approximately 7.42. Rounding this to the nearest whole inch gives us a length of 7 inches.

b) Nearest tenth of an inch:
The square root of 55 is approximately 7.4161984871. Rounding this to the nearest tenth of an inch gives us a length of 7.4 inches.