Question

Find the Area of the Square
Five equal squares are placed side by side to make a rectangle. The perimeter of the rectangle is 276 cm. What is the area of the square?

Answer 1

Five equal squares are joined together to form a rectangle whose perimeter is 276cm.
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What is the area of one square?
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P = 276 cm
Divide by the number of sides
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Would look like this
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12x = 726
x = 6.5 cm
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6.5^2 = 42.25 sq cm each square.