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Maddie ordered a square print of a photo that has an area of 9 square inches. What is the perimeter of the print?

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Answer:

12 inches

Explanation:

area of square is given by side ^2 = side * side

given

area of square print = 9 sq. inches

side ^2 = 9 sq. inches


√(side ^2) = √(9) \ sq. \ inches\\side = 3 \ inches

Thus, side length of print is 3 inches.

Perimeter of square is given by 4*side

Perimeter of print is = 4*side = 4*3 inches = 12 inches answer

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