SOLUTION: Pierre folded a square piece of paper vertically to make 2 rectangles. Each rectangle had a perimeter of 39 inches. How long is each side of the original square? What is the area o

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Question 958562: Pierre folded a square piece of paper vertically to make 2 rectangles. Each rectangle had a perimeter of 39 inches. How long is each side of the original square? What is the area of the original square? What is the area of one of The rectangles?
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x, the side lengths of the original square. The folding into two rectangles makes each of perimeter x%2Bx%2B2%28x%2F2%29=3x=39. The length of the square's sides was 13.