SOLUTION: If each side of a square were increased by 4in., the perimeter would be 8 in. less than twice the perimeter of the orginal square. Find the length of a side of the orginal square.

Question 26141: If each side of a square were increased by 4in., the perimeter would be 8 in. less than twice the perimeter of the orginal square. Find the length of a side of the orginal square.
One squeare has x for orginal and the other x+4 for the new square.
Answer by stanbon(75887) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Let original square have side "x".
Its perimeter will be 4x.
New square has side x+4 and has perimeter 4(x+4)=4x+16
EQuATION:
New perimeter =2(old perimeter)-8
4x+16=2(4x)-8
4x+16=8x-8
4x=24
x=6 (length of sideof the original square)
Cheers,
Stan H.
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