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A square has a perimeter of 36 cm.
What is the length of each side?

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Answer:

Explanation:

The perimeter of a square has a formula P = s + s + s + s or just P = 4s where s is the length of a side. If this perimeter has a number value, we can plug it in and solve for the length of each side, like this:

36 = 4s so

s = 9 cm. And there you go!

User Tom Hanson
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9 cm i hope this helps
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