document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=74085>Question 74085</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> can someone please help me with this!!\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "A triangle has sides 3x + 7, 4x - 9, and 5x + 6. Find the polynomial<BR>\n" );
document.write( "that represents its perimeter. </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "3x+7<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The problem is to find a polynomial that represents the perimeter.  By definition the perimeter<BR>\n" );
document.write( "of a triangle is the sum of the lengths of the 3 sides.  So all you have to do here is <BR>\n" );
document.write( "to add<BR>\n" );
document.write( "the three sides together.  When you do you get:<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "3x + 7 + 4x - 9 + 5x + 6<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Rearrange the terms so that all the terms that have an x in them are together and all<BR>\n" );
document.write( "the numbers are together.  Now add all the terms having an x to get that 3x + 4x + 5x = 12x. <BR>\n" );
document.write( "Put 12x into the expression as a replacement for 3x + 4x + 5x.  When you do the equation<BR>\n" );
document.write( "becomes:<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "12x + 7 - 9 + 6<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Now add all the numbers together.  Watch out for the signs this time because one of the<BR>\n" );
document.write( "numbers has a minus sign.  +7 and +6 add to make 13 and then you add -9 which is the same as<BR>\n" );
document.write( "subtracting 9 from 13 to get 4.  Replace the three numbers with 4 and the answer to this <BR>\n" );
document.write( "problem becomes:<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "12x + 4<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "This is the polynomial that represents the perimeter of the triangle having the sides given <BR>\n" );
document.write( "in the problem.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Hope this helps you to see what is going on in this problem.  Just understand the definition<BR>\n" );
document.write( "of the word \"perimeter\", then add the sides algebraically, and finally combine like terms.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "That's all you have to do. </SPAN>\n" );
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