SOLUTION: Rachelle cuts off 3 cm from each side of a square. She finds that 1.12 m of ribbon is just enough to go around the new square. Find the side of the original square.
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Question 557372: Rachelle cuts off 3 cm from each side of a square. She finds that 1.12 m of ribbon is just enough to go around the new square. Find the side of the original square. Answer by bluemockingjay7(41) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! Perimeter of new square
= 1.12 m
Side of new square
= 1.12 / 4
= 0.28 m
= 28 cm
Side of original square
= 28 + 3 + 3
= 34 cm
