Determine the side length of a square that has an area of 85 yds2. Follow these step by step procedures:

1. Draw a square and label the area 85yds2.

2. Look at your squares and square root table and find a square root whose square is closest to 85.

3. Using your calculator, find the decimal number that when squared, gets you closest to 85.

4. Label the side with that measurement in yds.

5. Write the length of the side , then justify your answer.

A. 9 yds

B. 9.1 yds

C. 9.2 yds

D. 9.3 yds

Astudent is determining the influence of different types of food on the growth rate of spiders. she feeds one group of spiders two caterpillars twice a week. the other group received similarly-sized beetles twice a week. she records the amount of time required for individuals to reach sexual maturity. her hypothesis is that the spiders feeding on caterpillars will have a faster growth rate because caterpillars have a higher protein content compared to beetles. in this experiment, what is the dependent variable? spiders assigned to different feeding groups. time required to reach sexual maturity number of prey items fed twice a week. growth rates of each group.