Question

Since every square has 4 sides that are equal in the length, write an expression to determine the perimeter of a square in terms of the length of the squares sides?

Answer 1

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Answer:

4s

Explanation:

Let s represent the length of each of the four sides of the square. The perimeter is the sum of the lengths of the sides, so is ...

s + s + s + s

We use multiplication to signify repeated addition. So, this can be written more simply as ...

4s . . . . perimeter of a square of side length s