What is the perimeter of a square that has an area of 25 square feet?

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asked Mar 11, 2023 123k views

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Tometheus · Answer 1 · 2023-03-17T08:30:08+0000

We know that the perimeter of a squate is (Where x is the side of the square):

and we know that the area is:

So we can repace the area to find x so:

$\begin{gathered} 25=x^2 \\ x=\sqrt[]{25}=5 \end{gathered}$

So the perimeter will be:

$P=4\cdot5=20$

So the perimeter is 20 feet