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Question
The table given below contains some measures of the square. Find the unknown values.
| Side | Perimeter | Area |
| ? | 100 m | ? |
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Solution
Perimeter of a square = (4 × side) units
Area of a square = (side × side) unit2
Perimeter = 4 × s unit
100 = (4 × s) m
`100/4` = s
s = 25 m
Area = s × s unit2
= 25 × 25 m2
= 625 m2
A = 625 m2
Completing the unknown values in the table
| Side | Perimeter | Area |
| 25 m | 100 m | 625 m2 |
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