SOLUTION: Four equal squares are placed side by side to make a rectangle whose perimeter is 15 meters. Find the area of the rectangle in square meters? ( answer is 9 - show your solution )
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Question 921636: Four equal squares are placed side by side to make a rectangle whose perimeter is 15 meters. Find the area of the rectangle in square meters? ( answer is 9 - show your solution ) Found 2 solutions by josgarithmetic, MathTherapy:Answer by josgarithmetic(39614) (Show Source):
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Four equal squares are placed side by side to make a rectangle whose perimeter is 15 meters. Find the area of the rectangle in square meters? ( answer is 9 - show your solution )
Length of 1 side of square: S
With four side-by-side squares, width = S, and length = 4S
2(S + 4S) = 15 ------ perimeter of rectangle is 15 m
2(5S) = 15
10S = 15
S, or width of rectangle: , or 1.5 m
Length of rectangle: 4(1.5), or 6 m
Area of rectangle: 1.5(6), or sq m
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