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Algebra Difficulty 1.2 Junior Find the answer Canada

If $2n = 14$ , the value of
$10n$ is

Pick one

Solution

Since $5\times5=25$ and each
of the given answers is greater than 25, then the integer that Sarah
multiplied by itself must have been greater than 5.

Further, $6\times6=36$ and each of
the given answers is less than or equal to 36.

Thus, of the given answers, only 36 could be the result of multiplying
an integer by itself.

Alternatively, we may have noted that the result of multiplying an
integer by itself is a perfect square, and of the answers given, 36 is
the only perfect square.

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