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9.6 Exercise 39

Avg difficulty 2.5

Sergio wants to make a square mosaic as an inlay for a table he is building. He has enough tile to cover an area of 2704 square centimeters. Use the formula s=As = \sqrt{A} to find the length of each side of his mosaic. Round your answer to the nearest tenth of a centimeter.

OpenStax Elementary Algebra 2e, 9.6 Solve Equations with Square Roots, exercise 39

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