5. MATHEMATICS Year' A square is folded into half to form a rectangle as shown below. The perimeter of the rectangle is 36 cm. Calculate the area of the square.

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Sefra · Answer 1 · 2023-06-15T01:17:05+0000

Answer: 144
cm^(2)

Explanation:

The rectangle's length is twice as long as it's width as the square is folded in half. Let's say that the width's length is x, we get the equation

x + 2x + x + 2x = 36

6x = 36

x = 6 cm

The length of the rectangle is the length of the square which is 2x = 2 * 6 = 12 cm

So the area of the square is 12 * 12 = 144
cm^(2)