Two garden plots are to have the same area. one is square and one is rectangular. the rectangular plot is 2 meters wide and 8 meters long. how large is one side of the square garden plot in meters?

First, let's look at the formulas for the area of square and area of the rectangle.

And what this exercise states is that the areas are the same. So:

Now put in the data.

Solve for :

The side of the square garden plot is 4 meters.

Hope this helps.

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start with a line segment pq that we will copy. mark a point r that will be one endpoint of the new line segment. set the compasses' point on the point p of the line segment to be copied. adjust the compasses' width to the point q. the compasses' width is now equal to the length of the line segment pq.

step-by-step explanation: