SOLUTION: a square is surrounded by four congruent rectangles as shown. If each rectangle has a perimeter of 20 units. What is the sum of the areas of the rectangle and the interior square?

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Question 1175376: a square is surrounded by four congruent rectangles as shown. If each rectangle has a perimeter of 20 units. What is the sum of the areas of the rectangle and the interior square?
Answer by greenestamps(13200) About Me  (Show Source):
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No figure is shown; without the figure there are many possible answers....

We don't need to see a figure; specifying the side length of the square would be enough to make it possible to solve the problem.