Question

The new perimeter of the figure given below is if four squares of side 2 cm are cut from the original square whose perimeter was 48 cm.

• A. 36
• B. 24
• C. 48
• D. 64

Answer 1

The correct option is C 48

Whenever a square is cut off from the edge of a square, 2 sides of 2 cm will be lost from the perimeter, but 2 more sides of 2 cm will be gained, thus resulting in a net gain or loss of 0 cm for the perimeter.

Since, all 4 of the squares that are cut out, are from the edges of the square, there will not be any gain or loss in perimeter.
So the perimeter remains the same.

=> Perimeter = 48 cm