What is the perimeter of a perfect square with an area of 36 square inches?
Solution: First, use the formula for area to determine what the length of the square's side.
Area = side squared ..... With an area of 36, each side of the square is 6 inches.
Once you have found the length of the square's side, use the formula for the square's perimeter.
Perimeter = side x 4
Perimeter = 6 in. x 4
Perimeter = 24 inches
Wouldn't the answer be 24?
ReplyDeleteA = side x side (or s^2)
36 = s^2
so, s = 6 (not 9)
Therefore, the perimeter is 4 x 6 or
24.
You are right! Thanks for catching that. It is now fixed.
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