Five congruent squares are put together without gaps or overlap to form a figure shaped like a plus sign. The perimeter of the figure is 72 cm. Find the area of the figure, in cm?

180 square centimeters

Step-by-step explanation:

Because the five squares are congruent, the 12 sides of the figure are all equal in length. Then the length of one side is 72/12 = 6 cm. Therefore, the area of each square is 36 sq cm and the area of the figure, 5 x 36, is 180 sq cm.

infinitely many solutions

step-by-step explanation:

we have been given the equation;

2(2x + 3) = -4 + 2(2x + 5)

we need to determine the value of x.

2(2x + 3), we expand this expression to obtain 4x + 6

similarly 2(2x + 5) will become 4x + 10

now we have;

4x + 6 = -4 + 4x + 10

4x + 6 = 4x + 10 - 4

4x + 6 = 4x + 6

the expression on the left hand side is identical to the one on the right hand side. therefore, we are looking at just a single straight line whose equation is;

y = 4x + 6

consequently, we shall have infinitely many solutions

homozygous. one is homozygous, while two is heterozygous.