Question

The perimeter of a church window is 80 inches. If the window is in the shape of a square, what is the length of each side of the window?

A. 20 inches
b. 40 inches
c. 60 inches
d. 15 inches

Answer 1

Since a square has all equal sides the answer is going to be the same. So you just divide 80 by 4 in order to get answer A. 20inches

Answer 2

Option A is correct.

The length of each side of the window is, 20 inches

Explanation:

As per the given statement: The perimeter of a church window is 80 inches.

Since, the window is in the shape of a square.

Perimeter of square :

For a square of side length a, the perimeter(P) is simply four times the side length i.,e P = 4a

To solve for a;

P = 4a

Substitute the value of P = 80 inches, we have;

80 = 4a

Divide both sides by 4 we get;

`(80)/(4) =(4a)/(4)`

Simplify:

a = 20 inches

Therefore, the length of each side of the window is, 20 inches