SOLUTION: A wire is first bent into the shape of a rectangle with width of 4cm and length of 6 cm . Then the wire is unbent and reshaped into a square. What is the length of a side of the s

Question 784057: A wire is first bent into the shape of a rectangle with width of 4cm and length of 6 cm . Then the wire is unbent and reshaped into a square. What is the length of a side of the square?
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A wire is first bent into the shape of a rectangle with width of 4cm and length of 6 cm .
Then the wire is unbent and reshaped into a square.
What is the length of a side of the square?
:
First, find the length of the wire by finding the perimeter of the rectangle
2(4) + 2(6) = 20 cm
:
A square has 4 equal sides, therefore:
= 5 cm is the side of the square
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