Calculate the Area of a Square with Side Length 20 Units

Question

Look at the square:

202020

What is the area of the square?

Video Solution

Solution Steps

00:00 Find the area of the square
00:03 Square side length according to the given data
00:07 Use the formula to calculate the square area (side squared)
00:12 Substitute appropriate values and solve to find the area
00:18 And this is the solution to the problem

Step-by-Step Solution

The area of the square is equal to the side of the square raised to the second power.

That is:

A=L2 A=L^2

Since the drawing gives us one side of the square, and in a square all sides are equal, we will solve the area of the square as follows:

A=202=400 A=20^2=400

Answer

400 400