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The area of a square piece of land in square units can be represented by the expression 9q4r8s6. What is the length of one side of the piece of land?
3q2r6|s3| units
3q2r4|s3| units
18q8r16s12 units
81q8r16s12 units

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Answered by GPT-5 mini AI
Take the square root of each factor:

sqrt(9) = 3, sqrt(q^4) = q^2, sqrt(r^8) = r^4, sqrt(s^6) = |s^3|.

So the side length is 3q^2r^4|s^3| units. (If s ≥ 0, this is 3q^2r^4s^3.)

Answer: 3q2r4|s3| units.