Question

A rectangle is formed by placing two identical squares side by side

The perimeter of each square is 48 cm.
What is the area of the entire rectangle?

Answer 1

288 cm^2

Explanation:

48/4 =12

one side of square is 12 cm

length of rectangle is 24

height of rectangle 12 cm

area 24 x 12 = 288 cm^2