SOLUTION: Find the perimeter of a pentagon having the sides of x+4,x+2,4x+1,2x-3,x+1.

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Question 11403: Find the perimeter of a pentagon having the sides of x+4,x+2,4x+1,2x-3,x+1.
Answer by Earlsdon(6294) About Me  (Show Source):
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A pentagon is a five-sided polygon. The perimeter is just the sum of the lengths of the sides.
P+=+%28x%2B4%29%2B%28x%2B2%29%2B%284x%2B1%29%2B%282x-3%29%2B%28x%2B1%29 Collect the like-terms. That's all the x's and all the numbers.
P+=+9x%2B5 and that's it.