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4) If the perimeter of a square is 48cm",

What is the length of each side?
Simplify your answer.

User Tgralex
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The length of each side is 12cm.

Step-by-step explanation:

The perimeter of a square is calculated by the formula:

P = 4a , where P = perimeter, and a = length of any side, all sides being equal in a square.

From the given data we write:

48 = 4a

Divide both sides by

4.12 = a

The length of each side is 12cm.

User Marioanzas
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Answer:

If the total perimeter of square is 48 cm, then the length of one side is equal to 48 divided by 4, since all sides of a square are the same.

So, the correct answer is 12.

Let me know if this helps!

User Kaitlyn Hanrahan
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