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Spencer cut a square cake vertically to make two rectangle slices. Each rectangle had a perimeter of 27 inches. How long is each side of the original square cake?Solve on paper.Each side of the original square cake is 9 in. What is the area of the original square cake?

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81 square inches. square have equal length for all sides area for square is any side times another side so 9x9=81

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