SOLUTION: a square has a perimeter of 24 cm if the sides of the square are increased by 4 times what happens to the perimeter

Question 300841: a square has a perimeter of 24 cm if the sides of the square are increased by 4 times what happens to the perimeter
Answer by solver91311(24713) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

The perimeter of any figure is just the sum of the measures of the sides, hence the perimeter of a square is simply four times the measure of one of the sides.

but if you increase the measure of the sides by a factor of four, then each side now measures

, and the perimeter becomes:

Hence the new perimeter is 4 times larger than the original perimeter:

John

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