Question #59cb654c - SAT Suite Question Bank

ID: 59cb654c

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

$8$
$16$
$64$
$128$

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Correct Answer: A

Rationale

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 $A = s^{2}$ , where $s$ is the side length, in inches, of the square. Substituting $64$ for $A$ in this formula yields $64 equals s squared$ . Taking the positive square root of both sides of this equation yields $8 equals s$ . 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.

Question Difficulty: Easy