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Question
The perimeter of a square is 36 cm; find its area
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Solution
Perimeter of Square = 36 cm
Side = `"Perimeter"/4 = 36/4 = 9` cm
∴ Area of square = side × side
= 9 × 9
= 81 cm2
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