Question

A square paper is folded into half, breathwise. the perimeter of the rectangle formed is 12 cm. what is the area of the square?

Answer 1

Let the side of square be x 
When the paper is folded the resultant rectangle will have length same as side of the square and the width 1/2 of the square side 
Perimeter of rectangle = x+x+x/2+x/2 = 3x 
3x=24

x=8 
The area of originalaper is 8*8 = 64 square cm 
pls mark brainliest 

Answer 2

the area will remain the same