SOLUTION: If one side of a square is 15 feet less than the perimeter,find the length of a side of the square.

Question 1037063: If one side of a square is 15 feet less than the perimeter,find the length of a side of the square.
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x, length and width.
p, perimeter.

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Answer by MathTherapy(10549) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

If one side of a square is 15 feet less than the perimeter,find the length of a side of the square.

Let one side of square, be S
Then perimeter = 4S
We then get: S = 4S - 15
S - 4S = - 15
- 3S = - 15
S, or a side of the square = , or
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