Question

The area of a square wall is 182 square feet. Which measurement is closest to the side length in feet of this wall?


Hint: Area of a square

Answer 1

To find the side length of a square wall when given the area, you can use the formula for the area of a square:

\[
\text{Area} = \text{side length}^2
\]

To find the side length, you take the square root of the area:

\[
\text{side length} = \sqrt{\text{Area}}
\]

Given that the area of the wall is 182 square feet, we can calculate the side length as follows:

\[
\text{side length} = \sqrt{182}
\]

Calculating the square root:

\[
\sqrt{182} \approx 13.5
\]

Therefore, the side length of the square wall is approximately 13.5 feet.