document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=96231>Question 96231</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Help again!  It seems there are different ways to figure out problems for rectangles, squares, and triangles.  Is there a different formula for all of them.  The questions I'm working with give me the perimeter I have to figure out the dimensions. I FEEL SO OVERWHELMED!\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "ex. A square has a perimeter of 28 feet.  Find the length of each side.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "ex. A triangle has a perimeter of 23 inches. The medium side is 3 inches more than the shortest side, and the longest side is twice the shortest side.  Find the shortest side. </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #70054 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=stanbon><B>stanbon(75887)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=stanbon><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=70054\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> ex. A square has a perimeter of 28 feet. Find the length of each side.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "1st: Draw a picture of a square (rectangle with all sides equal)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Label each side \"x\".<BR>\n" );
document.write( "EQUATION:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Perimeter is the distance around the square:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "4x = 28<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Divide both sides by 4 to get:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x = 7 ft (lenght of each of the sides)<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "ex. A triangle has a perimeter of 23 inches. The medium side is 3 inches more than the shortest side, and the longest side is twice the shortest side. Find the shortest side.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Draw a triangle.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Label the shortest sides \"x\".<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Label the longest side \"2x\"<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Label the remaining side \"x+3\".<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "EQUATION:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "The perimeter is the sum of the sides:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x + 2x + x+3 = 23<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Simplify the equation:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "4x+3 = 23<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Subtract 3 from each side to get:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "4x = 20<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Divide both sides by 4 to get:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x = 5 (length of shortest side)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x+3 = 5+3 = 8 (length of 2nd side)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2x = 2*5 = 10 (length of the longest side)<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Cheers,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Stan H.<BR>\n" );
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