Answer:
a. 81 square inches
b. 108 inches
Step-by-step explanation:
The area of all 5 squares combined is 405 square inches. This is 5 times the area of 1 square. 405/5 = 81. The area of 1 square is 81 square inches.
Since this is a square, the sides are equal. Thankfully the area of 1 square is a perfect square so the length of one side of the square is a full number, which is 9. All of the squares are congruent as shown in the diagram so we simply add every length together (there are 12 sides, each side is 9 inches).
12*9 = 108 and that is the perimeter.
