Mr. and Mrs. Phillips are going to build a new home with a foundation that is in the shape of a square. The house will cover 222 square yards. Find the length of the side of the house to the nearest tenth of a yard.

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21 October, 15:00

Mr. and Mrs. Phillips are going to build a new home with a foundation that is in the shape of a square. The house will cover 222 square yards. Find the length of the side of the house to the nearest tenth of a yard.

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Abby Blackwell · Answer 1

Answer: the length of the side of the house is 14.9 yards

Step-by-step explanation:

The shape of the foundation of the new home that Mr. and Mrs. Phillips are going to build is square.

The formula for determining the area of a square is

Area of square = L^2

Where

L represents the length of each side of the square.

The house will cover 222 square yards. It means that the length of the side of the house would be

√222 = 14.8997

Approximating to the nearest tenth, it becomes 14.9 yards