document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1056064>Question 1056064</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> The sides of a pentagon are consecutive even integers. Fourteen more than two-fifths of the shortest side is twelve less than twice the longest side. What is the perimeter of the shape? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Sides are n, n+2, n+4, n+6, n+8<BR>\n" );
document.write( "0.4n + 14 = 2(n+8) - 12 = 2n+4<BR>\n" );
document.write( "1.6n = 10<BR>\n" );
document.write( "n = 25/4<BR>\n" );
document.write( "No solution<BR>\n" );
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