document.write( "Question 26714: Hi, my name is Marissa.
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\n" ); document.write( "Okay it says, Use P=4s to find the perimeter of each square
\n" ); document.write( " #1. s= 12ft.
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Algebra.Com's Answer #14531 by longjonsilver(2297)\"\" \"About 
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perimeter means add up all the lengths of the sides of the shape. Now a square is a 4-sided shape where all four sides are the same length...that is what a square is.\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "So, that is what the question has given you. It has said the side is of length s and being a square, all 4 sides are of length s so the perimeter P is s+s+s+s OR P is 4s (meaning 4 times s).\r
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