Jennifer is purchasing a square canvas for a custom artwork piece she will create. She wants the canvas to have a side length that is between 8 and 9 inches. She finds a canvas with the area shown at the right.

a. Estimate the dimensions of the canvas. Explain your thinking.

b. Does the canvas meet Jennifer's requirements?

The area of the canvas above represents a
_ square. We can use our knowledge of perfect squares to estimate the square roots of non-perfect squares.