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Example Question #11 : How To Find The Perimeter Of A Square In Pre Algebra
What is the perimeter of a square with a side length of ?
To find the perimeter of a square you must multiply the side length by .
To do this we plug the side length, , into the equation
Then multiply the side length by ,
The answer is .
Example Question #12 : How To Find The Perimeter Of A Square In Pre Algebra
One side of a square is inches long. What is the perimeter of the square?
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The perimeter of a square is the sum of all of the sides of the square. In this case, each side is inches long. Since a square has four equal sides, we get a perimeter of inches.
Example Question #11 : How To Find The Perimeter Of A Square In Pre Algebra
What is the perimeter of a square with a side length of ?
To find the perimeter of a polygon, add the lengths of all sides together. For a square, since all side lengths are the same. simply multiply the side length by the number of sides.
Example Question #12 : How To Find The Perimeter Of A Square In Pre Algebra
A farmer wants to build a rectangular fence to enclose a yard. If the yard is square, how many feet of fence will he need?
The area of a square is . Since our area is ,
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Take the square root of both sides.
The perimeter of a square is the sum of all four sides. Since all sides are equal, we can say that, for a square, the formula for a perimter would be .
Plug in what we just found:
Example Question #13 : How To Find The Perimeter Of A Square In Pre Algebra
What is the perimeter of a square with a side length of ?
To find the perimeter of a square, multiply the side length by :
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