Question:
Kevin cuts a square paper along the dotted lines as shown in Figure 1 to get 3 identical rectangular pieces of paper. Rectangle ABCD in Figure 2 is one such rectangular paper with a perimeter of 56 cm.
What is the length of one side of the square paper in Figure 1?
Solution:
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