Answer: y = 6
Explanation:
A square's area can be done by using s^2, where s is y in this case. Because there are 5 squares, the area of the figure is 5y^2. Because the area is also 180cm, 5y^2=180.
Then divide both sides of the equation by 5 to get y^2 = 36. Then square root both sides of the equation to get y = 6.
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