{"id":261549,"date":"2025-07-20T06:58:16","date_gmt":"2025-07-20T06:58:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/learnexams.com\/blog\/?p=261549"},"modified":"2025-07-20T06:58:24","modified_gmt":"2025-07-20T06:58:24","slug":"the-square-root-of-248-should-lie-between","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/2025\/07\/20\/the-square-root-of-248-should-lie-between\/","title":{"rendered":"The square root of 248 should lie between"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The square root of 248 should lie between : <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(A) 13 and 14 <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(B) 14 and 15 <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(C) 15 and 16 <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(D) 16 and 17<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-ast-global-color-6-color\">The correct answer and explanation is:<\/mark><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To find where the square root of 248 lies, let&#8217;s estimate it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We know that:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The square root of 225 is 15, since 152=22515^2 = 225.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The square root of 256 is 16, since 162=25616^2 = 256.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>248 is between 225 and 256, so the square root of 248 must be between 15 and 16.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>More specifically, since 248 is closer to 225 than to 256, the square root of 248 will be closer to 15.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To refine the estimate, let&#8217;s try squaring numbers between 15 and 16:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>15.72=246.4915.7^2 = 246.49<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>15.82=249.6415.8^2 = 249.64<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>So, the square root of 248 is approximately 15.8, which confirms that it lies between 15 and 16.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Therefore, the correct answer is <strong>(C) 15 and 16<\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The square root of 248 should lie between : (A) 13 and 14 (B) 14 and 15 (C) 15 and 16 (D) 16 and 17 The correct answer and explanation is: To find where the square root of 248 lies, let&#8217;s estimate it. 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