What is the length of a side of a square if its perimeter is 32 cm? What will be the area of a square

What is the length of a side of a square if its perimeter is 32 cm? What will be the area of a square if its side is reduced by 2 cm?

To solve this problem, we will apply the property that all four sides of a square are equal, and the perimeter of a square is equal to the sum of all its four sides.
Therefore, the side of the square will be 32/4 = 8 centimeters.
Now we decrease the length of the side of the square by 2 centimeters.
As a result, we get a new side of the square, equal to 8 – 2 = 6 centimeters.
Then we get the area of the square, equal to 6 x 6 = 36 square centimeters.
Answer: the length of the side of the square is 8 centimeters, the area of the square is 36 square centimeters.