document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=173040>Question 173040</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> A square piece of a paper is folded in half along the diagonal .the area of the <BR>\n" );
document.write( "resulting triangle is 50 square cm . how many centimeters was the perimeter of the original square ? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "The area of the square is double the area of the triangle.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Thus, area of square is 100 square cm.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Let x = length of one side of the square<BR>\n" );
document.write( "then<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x^2 = 100<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x = 10 cm<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Perimeter of any square is four times the length of one side:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "perimeter = 4x = 4(10) = 40 cm </SPAN>\n" );
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