Question

If a wire of length 12 m is bent into a square shape, what would be the side length of the square?

• A. 4 m
• B. 3 m
• C. 6 m
• D. 2 m

Answer 1

The correct option is B 3 m

When a wire is bent into a square, the total length of the wire should be divided into 4 sides of the square.
So, when we add all 4 sides of the square we'll get the total wire length.

$\therefore$ Perimeter of a square = $4\times side$
$\Rightarrow 12=4\times side$
$\Rightarrow side=\frac{12}{4}$
$\Rightarrow side=3m$

Hence the side length of the given square is 3 m.