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# The floor of a company's storage room has an area, of 20,000

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The floor of a company's storage room has an area, of 20,000 [#permalink]  01 Aug 2019, 10:53
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The floor of a company's storage room has an area, of 20,000 square feet. If the floor is in the shape of a square, approximately how many feet long is each side?

(A) 140

(B) 450

(C) 500

(D) 1,000

(E) 5,000
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Re: The floor of a company's storage room has an area, of 20,000 [#permalink]  06 Aug 2019, 09:37
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Factorize 20000 to its prime we get

$$20000 = 2*2*2*2*2*5*5*5*5$$
or, $$20000 = 2^4 *2 * 5^4$$
Taking square root of this we get $$2^2*5^2 * 2$$
which is equal to $$100\sqrt{2}$$

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