SOLUTION: a wire bent in a shape of a rectangle of sides 13.5cm and 6.5 cm was straightened and rebent into a square.find the length of the side of a square in proper statements

Question 1003637: a wire bent in a shape of a rectangle of sides 13.5cm and 6.5 cm was straightened and rebent into a square.find the length of the side of a square in proper statements

Found 2 solutions by KMST, ankor@dixie-net.com:
Answer by KMST(5328) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
For the rectangle,
.
So .
For the square,
= length of the side of the square, so .
since the square must have the same perimeter.
---> --->--->
The length of the side of a square is .
Answer by ankor@dixie-net.com(22740) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
a wire bent in a shape of a rectangle of sides 13.5cm and 6.5 cm was straightened and rebent into a square.
find the length of the side of a square in proper statements
:
Find the length of the wire by finding the perimeter (p) of the rectangle
p = 2(13.5) + 2(6.5)
p = 40 cm
Find the side of the square with this perimeter
= 10 cm is side of the square
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