Question

Select the correct answer from each drop-down menu.Veronica wants to cut a sheet of paper into squares with an area of 12 square inches. For the best approximation, the length of each sideof the square pleces of paper must be approximately equal to 3.46 v Inches. If each side were exactly this length, the area of eachsquare would bev square Inches.1. 11.97162. 12.04093. 16

Answer 1

Note that the area of a square is the square of its side.

$A=s^2$

If the area is 12 square inches, the side is approximately :

$\begin{gathered} 12=s^2 \\ s=\sqrt[]{12} \\ s=3.46 \end{gathered}$

And the area will be :

$\begin{gathered} A=3.46^2 \\ A=11.9716 \end{gathered}$

The answers are :

3.46 inches

and

11.9716 square inches