Question

The area of a square flowerbed is 1.44 square yards. What is the length of each side?



1.4 yards
12 yards
14 yards
1.2 yards

Answer 1

Answer:  D) 1.2 yards

Explanation:

Apply the square root to 1.44 to get 1.2

$\sqrt{1.44} = 1.2$

If the square has side lengths 1.2 yards, then,

area = side*side = 1.2*1.2 = 1.44 square yards

which helps us confirm the answer