SOLUTION: Hi! Can you help me solve these problem. Find the value of x wherein the perimeter is 30 and the length is x+6 which is inside the radicand and the width is 6. thanks a lot.

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: Hi! Can you help me solve these problem. Find the value of x wherein the perimeter is 30 and the length is x+6 which is inside the radicand and the width is 6. thanks a lot. This question is from textbook algebra 1 concepts and skills

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Can you help me solve these problem. Find the value of x wherein the perimeter is 30 and the length is x+6 which is inside the radicand and the width is 6. thanks a lot.
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Perimeter = 2(L + W)
30 = 2(sqrt(x+6) + 6)
15 = sqrt(x+6) + 6
sqrt(x+6) = 9
x+6 = 3 or x+6 = -3
In either case x is negative.
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