Each side of a small square gym is 17 meters long. a square classroom has half the area of the gym. how long is each side of the classroom? you may say what numbers the answer is between (mcc.8.ee.2,mcc.8.ee.7) (hint: figure out the area of the small square gym)

If the gym is a square with 17 meters sides, its area is given (as any other square) by the square of the side:

So, the area of the classroom is

We can deduce the side of the classroom only assuming that it is a square as well: if this is the case, the side of a square with given area is the square root of the area, so we have

the answer for this question is 38

answer is 144

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