document.write( "Question 259359: hi! I have a midterm packet that im working on and i nees help with a question. what is the perimeter of a square whose area is 100? I dont know how to exactly do it. could you help me? \n" ); document.write( "

Algebra.Com's Answer #190941 by Edwin McCravy(20056) $\"\"$ $\"About$

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document.write( "The area of a square is given by the formula\r\n" );
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document.write( "So we substitute 100 for A:\r\n" );
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document.write( "Now we take the square root of both sides:\r\n" );
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document.write( "That means each side of the square is 10\r\n" );
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document.write( "Perimeter means the distance all the way around the figure.\r\n" );
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document.write( "A square has 4 sides, and each of those 4 sides is 10.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Notice that the left side is 10.\r\n" );
document.write( "Notice that the top side is 10.\r\n" );
document.write( "Notice that the right side is 10.\r\n" );
document.write( "Notice that the bottom side is 10.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Now notice that when you add all the way around you get\r\n" );
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document.write( "10 + 10 + 10 + 10 = 40.\r\n" );
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document.write( "That shows that the perimeter, which is how far it is all\r\n" );
document.write( "the way around the square is 40.  So the answer is 40.\r\n" );
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