Question

rope measuring 20m long is com
pletely used to from a square what is the length of each side of square?
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Answer 1

Since length of rope = Perimeter of square
20 = 4 x side
side = 20/4 = 5 m

Answer 2

Explanation: The area of any quadrilateral can be determined by multiplying the length of its base by its height. Since we know the shape here is square, we know that all sides are of equal length. From this we can work backwards by taking the square root of the area to find the length of one side.