SOLUTION: A piece of wire is shaped to enclose a rectangle with a length of 15cm and whose area is 150 sq.cm. It is then reshaped to enclose a square. Find the area of the square in sq. cm.

Question 1111550: A piece of wire is shaped to enclose a rectangle with a length of 15cm and whose area is 150 sq.cm. It is then reshaped to enclose a square. Find the area of the square in sq. cm.
Answer by ikleyn(52786) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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The width of your rectangle is   =  = 10 cm.


The perimeter of your rectangle is  15 + 10 + 15 + 10 = 50 cm.


The side length of the square is   = 12.5 cm.


The area of the square is   cm^2.

Solved.

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