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There are two possible answers to the question which stem from ambiguity in the way the language is used.

A 36 cm square is usually a square measuring 36 cm along each side. Consequently, the answer is in the question: the length is 36 cm.

However, it could also refer to a square whose area is 36 square cm. This would legitimately be written as 36 cm2 and so read as 36 cm square! The length of the sides of such a square would be sqrt(36) cm = 6 cm.

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