SOLUTION: a square has the same number of feet in its perimeter as there are square feet in its area. how long is a side?
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Question 404017: a square has the same number of feet in its perimeter as there are square feet in its area. how long is a side?
Answer by richard1234(7193) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Let s be the side length. Then numerically,
--> --> s = 0 or s = 4. However, s = 0 produces a degenerate square, so we go with s = 4.
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