document.write( "Question 79660This question is from textbook geometry reasoning
\n" ); document.write( ": P = 60 in. Find the length of each side.\r
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Algebra.Com's Answer #57156 by jim_thompson5910(35256)\"\" \"About 
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Since the perimeter is the sum of all sides we can say:\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"60=7y%2B2y%2B1%2B3y%2B5\"\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"60=12y%2B6\" Combine like terms\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"54=12y%2B6\"\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"54%2F12=cross%2812%2F12%29y\"\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"y=9%2F2\"\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "So y is nine halves or 4.5\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"60=7%284.5%29%2B2%284.5%29%2B1%2B3%284.5%29%2B5\" Plug in y=4.5\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"60=31.5%2B9%2B1%2B13.5%2B5\"\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"60=60\" works
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