SOLUTION: The area of a square is 25 square meters. What is its perimeter?

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Question 112296: The area of a square is 25 square meters. What is its perimeter?
Answer by jim_thompson5910(35256) About Me  (Show Source):
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Remember the area of a square is A=s%5E2 where s is the side length. So if A=25, then 25=s%5E2. Now take the square root of both sides to get s=5

Now take the side length of 5 and multiply it by 4 (since there are 4 sides in a square)

So
P=4%2As=4%2A5=20

So the perimeter is 20 cm