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A piece of wire of length 12 cm is bent to form a square. The area of the square is

(a) 36 cm2 (b) 144 cm2 (c) 9 cm2 (d) 12 cm2

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Solution

Let a be the length of the side of the square. Then as per he question, we have
4a = 12
a = 3 cm
Therefore
Area of square = a2
= 32
= 9 cm2
Thus, the area of the square is 9 cm2.
Hence, the correct option is (c)

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