Question 10 ( 5 points) The area of a square is 144 square inches. What is the length of each side of the square? 12 inches 36 inches 72 inches

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To find the length of each side of a square when given the area, we can use the formula for the area of a square:

$$
A = s^2
$$

where $$ A $$ is the area and $$ s $$ is the length of a side.

Given that the area $$ A $$ is 144 square inches, we can set up the equation:

$$
s^2 = 144
$$

To find $$ s $$, we take the square root of both sides:

$$
s = \sqrt{144}
$$

Now, let's calculate the square root of 144.

$$
s = 12
$$

Thus, the length of each side of the square is 12 inches.

The correct answer is **12 inches**.
Each side of the square is 12 inches long.

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