SOLUTION: The square has the following side lengths 2x+6 inches
3x+4 inches
What is the length of one side of this square?
I got 12 inches but m
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Question 1053196: The square has the following side lengths 2x+6 inches
3x+4 inches
What is the length of one side of this square?
I got 12 inches but my teacher said that was wrong. She said the answer is x=10, each side =2
I would like to see the steps so I can figure out how to get that answer and where I went wrong.
Answer by Theo(13342) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
the square has sides lengths of 2x + 6 and 3x + 4
since it's a square, the sides all have to be equal.
this means that 2x + 6 = 3x + 4
subtract 2x from both sides of this equation and subtract 4 from both sides of this equation to get 2 = x.
flip sides to get x = 2.
when x = 2, 2x + 6 = 10 and 3x + 4 = 10
the length of each side is equal to 10.
she must have told you that the length of each side is equal to 10 and that x = 2.
i don't know how you got that each side is equal to 12 inches.
check what you did and where you might have gone wrong.
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