document.write( "Question 377965: Hi, My name is Emma, I really dont get how to do the perimeter with the equation on one side then a number with a variable next to it... like for example this square has 36-5x on one side of the square then it has 4x on the other side...please help me, I have no clue what i'm doing! \r
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how to do the perimeter with the equation on one side then a number with a variable next to it... like for example this square has 36-5x on one side of the square then it has 4x on the other side...
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\n" ); document.write( "The sides of a square are all equal to one another.
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\n" ); document.write( "Solve the equation 36-5x = 4x
\n" ); document.write( "Add 5x to both sides to get:
\n" ); document.write( "36 = 9x
\n" ); document.write( "Divide both sides by 9 to solve for \"x\":
\n" ); document.write( "x = 36/9
\n" ); document.write( "x = 4
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\n" ); document.write( "Side 36-5x = 36-5*4 = 36-20 = 16
\n" ); document.write( "Side 4x = 4*4 = 16
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\n" ); document.write( "The dimensions of the square are 4 by 4.
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\n" ); document.write( "Cheers,
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