Question

- A rectangle is 16 m by 9 m. Find a side of the square whose area equals the area of the
rectangle. By how much does the perimeter of the rectangle exceed the perimeter of the
square?
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Answer 1

Step-by-step explanation:

16*9 = 144 square metres. It is given that the area of a square equals the area of the rectangle. Thus the area of the square = 144. Hence it's side is root of 144 which is 12 metres.