Question

What is the length of the side of a square whose perimeter, p, is doubled?

Answer 1

Answer: The perimeter of a square is defined as the length that its boundary covers. The formula to calculate the perimeter of a square is given as: P = 4 × side.

Explanation:

Answer 2

• The side is doubled as well

Explanation:

Let the side is a and perimeter is p.

• p = 4a

If the perimeter is doubled, it becomes 2p.

Then the side is:

• 2p/4 = p/2 = 4a/2 = 2a