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A wire is first bent into the shape of a rectangle with width

4in and length 14in. Then the wire is unbent and reshaped into a square. What is the length of a side of the square?

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First you have to find the area of the wire
Area of a rectangle=L*W= 14*4=56
Then divide that by 4 since a square has 4 equal sides
56/4=14
The length of a side of a square is 14 in
User Luca Tampellini
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First find the perimeter of the rectangle: 2w+2l which is 8+28=36. Then find the square root of 36 which is 6 so that is the answer.
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