squares have 4 equal sides. area of square is the square of a side.
Area = side x side
if side = x
the area of the square is 1/64 square miles
1/64 = x * x
[tex] \frac{1}{64} = x^{2} [/tex]
when multiplying fractions, numerators are mulitiplied by numerators and denominators by denominators
[tex] x = \sqrt{\frac{1}{64}} [/tex]
the square root of the denominator 64 is 8.
therefore
side length = 1/8 miles
