SOLUTION: assume that the perimeter of a pentagon whose perimeter is 4a+4 is three times the perimeter of a triangle whose perimeter is a+3. a.)find a b.)using your answer to 22A, calc

Question 229589: assume that the perimeter of a pentagon whose perimeter is 4a+4 is three times the perimeter of a triangle whose perimeter is a+3.
a.)find a
b.)using your answer to 22A, calculate the perimeters of both the pentagon and the triangle.(if youve done your calculations correctly, the pentagons perimeter will be 3 times the perimeter of the triangle.)
c.)an octagon has the same perimeter as the pentagon you calculated in problem 22b. what is the length of each side of the octagon?
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Answer by stanbon(75887) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
assume that the perimeter of a pentagon whose perimeter is 4a+4 is three times the perimeter of a triangle whose perimeter is a+3.
a.)find a
(4a+4)= 3(a+3)
4a+4 = 3a+9
a = 5
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b.)using your answer to 22A, calculate the perimeters of both the pentagon and the triangle.(if youve done your calculations correctly, the pentagons perimeter will be 3 times the perimeter of the triangle.)
perimeter of pentagon = 4*5+4 = 24
perimeter of triangle = 5+3 = 8
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c.)an octagon has the same perimeter as the pentagon you calculated in problem 22b. what is the length of each side of the octagon?
8s = 24
s = 3 (each side is 3)
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Cheers,
Stan H.
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