SOLUTION: A square plywood has a perimeter which is 7 times the length of a side decreased by 21. Find the length of a side

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Question 458472: A square plywood has a perimeter which is 7 times the length of a side decreased by 21. Find the length of a side
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Let represent the measure of one side. Then the perimeter is by definition and the perimeter is as a given. So:



Just solve for .

John

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