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.
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
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