document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1175762>Question 1175762</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> The side of a cube measures 2x-3cm<BR>\n" );
document.write( "a. write an algebraic expression for the perimeter of a cube<BR>\n" );
document.write( "b. If the perimeter of a cube is 48cm, what is the value of x? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Strongly speaking, &nbsp;there is no such term and such a notion/(conception) in &nbsp;Geometry as &nbsp;\"perimeter of a cube\".\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "There is the term, &nbsp;the notion and the conception of the perimeter of a polygon &nbsp;(triangle, &nbsp;square, &nbsp;parallelogram,\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "trapezoid, &nbsp;pentagon, &nbsp;hexagon, &nbsp;octagon, &nbsp;decagon and so on . . . )\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "But not for a cube.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "I think that it is more important for you to know the &nbsp;TRUE, &nbsp;rather than to solve incorrectly formulated problems\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "invented/composed/created by mathematically illiterate people.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "To read and to learn about the conception of &nbsp;PERIMETER, &nbsp;look into this authoritative source &nbsp;(Wikipedia article)\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perimeter\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "You will not find there any mentions about the &nbsp;\"perimeter of a cube\".\r<BR>\n" );
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