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9.8 Exercise 127

Avg difficulty 2.5

Landscaping Elliott wants to make a square patio in his yard. He has enough concrete to pave an area of 242 square feet. Simplify 24212242^{\frac{1}{2}} to find the length of each side of his patio.Round to the nearest tenth of a foot.

OpenStax Elementary Algebra 2e, 9.8 Rational Exponents, exercise 127

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