What is the perimeter of the entire playing surface of one square? *Do not count the inside lines.* Show your work to receive credit. Answers should be in simplest radical form.

Answer 1

The perimeter of a square can be found by multiplying the length of one side by 4. Since all sides of a square are equal, we only need to measure one side.

Let's say the length of one side of the square is represented by "s".
Then, the perimeter of the square is 4s.

However, the question specifies not counting the inside lines. This implies that we should only include the outer edges of the square in our calculation. The outer edges consist of 4 sides, so we need to subtract the length of the inside lines.

Since the inside lines are located in the middle of each side and have a length equal to the side length of the square, we need to subtract 4s from our perimeter calculation.

Therefore, the perimeter of the entire playing surface of one square, not counting the inside lines, is 4s - 4s = 0.

The perimeter is 0.