SOLUTION: Rachelle cuts off 3cm from each side of a square. She finds that 1.12 m is just enough to go around the new square. Find the side oft the original square

Question 1108534: Rachelle cuts off 3cm from each side of a square. She finds that 1.12 m is just enough to go around the new square. Find the side oft the original square
Found 2 solutions by josgarithmetic, TeachMath:
Answer by josgarithmetic(39617) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
New edge length of the resulting square becomes .

Done in centimeter length units,
, using perimeter formula.

Answer by TeachMath(96) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
New perimeter: 1.12 m, or 112 cm
Each side of new square: 112/4 = 28 cm
Length of each side before 3 cm was cut off: 28 + 3 = 31 cm
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