SOLUTION: A square of perimeter 48 cm is cut into 2 pieces to make a rectangle. What is the perimeter of the rectangle?

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Question 955890: A square of perimeter 48 cm is cut into 2 pieces to make a rectangle. What is the perimeter of the rectangle?
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Answer by josgarithmetic(39620) About Me  (Show Source):
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x, side length of the square.

4x=48;

Forming the two equal sized and shaped rectangles, perimeter will be for one rectangle, 2x%2Bx%2F2%2Bx%2F2. You can evaluate this because x is no mystery.


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Answer by MathTherapy(10553) About Me  (Show Source):
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A square of perimeter 48 cm is cut into 2 pieces to make a rectangle. What is the perimeter of the rectangle?
If the 2 rectangles are joined to make one rectangle, then perimeter of resulting rectangle is: highlight_green%2860%29 cm