document.write( "Question 1108534: Rachelle cuts off 3cm from each side of a square. She finds that 1.12 m is just enough to go around the new square. Find the side oft the original square \n" ); document.write( "

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New edge length of the resulting square becomes $\"%28x-2%2A3%29=x-6\"$ .\r
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\n" ); document.write( " $\"2%28x-6%29%2B2%28x-6%29=112\"$ , using perimeter formula.\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( " $\"2%28x-6%29=56\"$ \r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( " $\"x-6=28\"$ \r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( " $\"highlight%28x=34%29\"$ \n" ); document.write( "

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