SOLUTION: If 48 square inches are subtracted from the area of a square table, the result would be equal to twice the perimeter. What is the length of the side of the table? _____

SOLUTION: If 48 square inches are subtracted from the area of a square table, the result would be equal to twice the perimeter. What is the length of the side of the table? ______ feet lon

Question 41224: If 48 square inches are subtracted from the area of a square table, the result would be equal to twice the perimeter. What is the length of the side of the table?
______ feet long
Thank you

Answer by Nate(3500) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
The table is a square, so all the sides are of equal length.
side = s
Equation:

or
Length can not be negative, so the side's length is twelve feet long.
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