Question

if the peremiter of a square is 1meter what is the area of the sq. in sq. cm

Answer 1

okay, what is the formula for the perimeter of a square?

Answer 2

u just add up all the sides

Answer 3

yes, and how many sides are there?

Answer 4

4

Answer 5

and are all the sides of equal length?

Answer 6

yess

Answer 7

so if the side is of length A meters, what is the perimeter in terms of A?

Answer 8

c i idk

Answer 9

oh come on! use some common sense. you just told me that you have to add all the sides to get the perimeter. you also told me there are four sides and they are of equal length. piece together all that information.

Answer 10

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Answer 11

each side is of length A. what do you get when you add all the four sides together?

Answer 12

the perimeter

Answer 13

okay suppose each side is 1 meter long. what is the length when you add the four sides?

Answer 14

4meters

Answer 15

finally! thank you! okay so if each side is A meters, what is the length when you add the four sides?

Answer 16

4meters????

Answer 17

NO! http://www.k6-geometric-shapes.com/image-files/formula-perimeter-square.jpg