SOLUTION: I need help on how to use geometric formulas. I am working on this problem: Perimeter of a square P = 4s;s

Question 57059This question is from textbook Prentice Hall Mathematics Algebra 1
: I need help on how to use geometric formulas. I am working on this problem:
Perimeter of a square
P = 4s;s This question is from textbook Prentice Hall Mathematics Algebra 1

Answer by funmath(2933) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
P = 4s;s
P=4s is the formula for the perimeter of a square. Perimeter=4*side
I believe you are being asked to solve this formula for s. In other words, they want you to get s all by itself on one side of the = sign. We need to follow the rules of algebra to do this. Whatever you do to one side of the equation you have to do to the other.
Divide both sides by the coeffiecient of s, 4.

Happy Calculating!!!
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