SOLUTION: The perimeter of a rectangle is 26cm. The rectangle is converted to a square by tripling the width and taking a quater of the length. What is the perimeter of the resulting square?

Question 936425: The perimeter of a rectangle is 26cm. The rectangle is converted to a square by tripling the width and taking a quater of the length. What is the perimeter of the resulting square?
Answer by Fombitz(32388) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

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Substituting into the perimeter equation.

So originally the rectangle was 12x1.
To get the square side, triple the width.

So the perimeter of the square is,

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