document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=270012>Question 270012</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> A square has 4 equal sides. When one side of the square is increased by 4 meters and the adjacent side is multiplied by 4, a rectangle is formed.  The perimeter of the rectangle is three times the perimeter of the original square.  Find the length of one side of the square.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "I'm stumped on even figuring a formula for this.  I would appreciate any help at least getting started. </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #197884 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=edjones><B>edjones(8007)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=edjones><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/cgi-bin/show-face.mpl?user=edjones><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=197884\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Let the a side of the original square be x.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "After the transformation 2 sides are still each x and one side is x+4 and the adjacent is 4x.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "P=2x+x+4+4x=7x+4<BR>\n" );
document.write( "7x+4=12x (3 times the original perimeter)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "5x=4<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x=0.8 m<BR>\n" );
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