Perimeter of a square = 4a
Diagonal of a square = (a)(sqrt(2)) or 1.414 (a)
Example 2: Calculate the area of square, where the square has 35cm sides length.
Solution:
Area of square is defined by a a.
Area = 35 35
Area = 1225cm
The perimeter of the square field = 32 yd and since the perimeter of a square is given by P = 4s, where s is the length of the side. We can easily
determine the length by isolating s from the formula above:
s = P/4 = 32 / 4 = 8 yd
Example 4: The side of a square park is 200 m. What will be the cost of grassing it @ $0.5 per sq m?
Solution:
What we need to do, is to find the area of the park then multiply the area by the cost per m2.
External side including path = side of lawn + width of path on both sides.
= y + (2 + 2)
=y+4