Or School Practice & Problem Solving 7.1.PS-21
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The parking space shown at the right has an area of 377 ft. A custom truck has
rectangular dimensions of 13.2 ft by 5.8 ft. Can the truck fit into the space? Justify
your answer
29 ft
b ft
The area of the truck is 76.56 ft?
(Type an integer or a decimal)
The missing dimension of the parking space is
(Type an integer or a decimal.)

Break the number within the radical symbol into 2 numbers: another number and a perfect square (when multiplied, they get the original number).

An example would be 48. The square root of 48 can be evaluated by breaking apart 48 into 16 (a perfect square) and 3 (another number). The square root of 16 is 4, so you take this number out of the radical symbol. Leave 3 within the symbol as it cannot be further reduced.

√48 = 4 √3.