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Find the side of a square whose area is equal to the area of a rectangle with sides 6.4 m and 2.5 m.

Given:

Length of rectangle (l) = 6.4m


Breadth of rectangle (b) = 2.5m


Area of rectangle = l× b


= 6.4 × 2.5


= 16m2


Then area of square = 16m2 (equal to rectangle)


As we know,


Area of square = side × side


16 = (side)2


42 = (side)2


side = 4m


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