document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=655387>Question 655387</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> PLEASE HELP! Write the perimeter of the figure as a polynomial <BR>\n" );
document.write( "its a hexagon with b+1 on every side. and the 4 more b's in the middle..\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "thank you! </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #409081 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=jim_thompson5910><B>jim_thompson5910(35256)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=jim_thompson5910><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/images/nopicture.jpg><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=409081\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Ignore the 'b's in the middle since they don't form the outer perimeter. \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "All you need to do is add up the six \"b+1\" terms that are the lengths of the six outer sides to get\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "P = s1 + s2 + s3 + s4 + s5 + s6\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "P = (b+1)+(b+1)+(b+1)+(b+1)+(b+1)+(b+1)\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "P = b+1+b+1+b+1+b+1+b+1+b+1\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "P = (b+b+b+b+b+b) + (1+1+1+1+1+1)\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "P = (6b) + (6)\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "P = 6b + 6\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "So the answer is choice C </SPAN>\n" );
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