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Question 591422: if i am givien the area of a shape but i need to find out the perimeter how do i do that?? Thanks
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if i am given the area of a shape but i need to find out the perimeter how do i do that??
The only shape that you can do this with is if the sides are equal, for example a square. Find the square root of the area, multiply that by 4 to get the perimeter