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A wire is first bent into the shape of a triangle. Each side of the triangle is 12 cm long. Then the wire is unbent and reshaped into a square. What is the length of a side of the square?
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A wire is first bent into the shape of a triangle. Each side of the triangle is 12 cm long. Then the wire is unbent and reshaped into a square. What is the length of

a side of the square?

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Answer: The lengths of the square side lengths is 9 cm.

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User Nikhil Das Nomula
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Multiply the 12 by three and get 36. Then divide that by four and get 9
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