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Geometry and Trigonometry Difficulty: Easy

The area of a square is 64 square inches. What is the side length, in inches, of this square?

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Explanation

Choice A is correct. It's given that the area of a square is 64 square inches. The area A , in square inches, of a square is given by the formula A=s2, where s is the side length, in inches, of the square. Substituting 64 for A in this formula yields 64=s2. Taking the positive square root of both sides of this equation yields 8=s. Thus, the side length, in inches, of this square is 8 .

Choice B is incorrect and may result from conceptual or calculation errors.

Choice C is incorrect. This is the area, in square inches, of the square, not the side length, in inches, of the square.

Choice D is incorrect and may result from conceptual or calculation errors.