Answer: the wire should be cut into 12 cm and 28 cm
Step-by-step explanation:
All sides of a square is equal.
The perimeter of a square is the distance around the square.
Let L represent the length each side of one of the squares. Then the perimeter of this square is 4L.
The length of a side of one square is to be 4 longer than length of a side of the other. This means that the length of each side of the other square is L + 4
The perimeter of the other square would be 4(L + 4) = 4L + 16
Since the piece of wire is 40 cm long, then
4L + 4L + 16 = 40
8L = 40 - 16 = 24
L = 24/8 = 3
The perimeter of the first square is
4L = 4 × 3 = 12
The perimeter of the second square is
4L + 16 = 4 × 3 + 16= 28
