If the perimeter of a square is one hundred ninety-six miles, what is its area?

fourteen square miles

fifty-six square miles

one hundred ninety-six square miles

two thousand four hundred one square miles

@mathmale can yo uplease help

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If the perimeter of a square is one hundred ninety-six miles, what is its area?

 fourteen square miles

 fifty-six square miles

 one hundred ninety-six square miles

 two thousand four hundred one square miles


@mathmale  can yo uplease help

anonymous · Answer

oops ment @mathmale can you please help

anonymous · Answer

2401

mathmale · Answer

I'm helping another student; I'll be back as soon as possible.
How does one find the perimeter of a square?  If the perimeter is given, how do you find the length of one side?

anonymous · Answer

196 divided by 4 = 49 so then you take 49 and multiply that by its self so 49 x 49 = 2401

mathmale · Answer

@crewfan: thanks for your input. But... please see http://openstudy.com/code-of-conduct It asks that we give help, NOT answers.

anonymous · Answer

sorry @mathmale

mathmale · Answer

Aaron:

Crewfan's approach is correct:  From the 196-mile-long perimeter of the square, we obtain the length of one side.  P=4s, where s=length of one side of the square.

Area of the square is A=x^2.  Just replace x with your value for s.  Again, as Crewfan has explained, this will lead to the value of the area of this square.

anonymous · Answer

oh ok thank you

mathmale · Answer

Happy to work with you!  Until later, then, bye!

anonymous · Answer

bye