SOLUTION: Please help!! Each side of a SQUARE has a length of x units. The perimeter of the square is 4x units and its area is x squared units. What value of x will make the area greater tha
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Question 508749: Please help!! Each side of a SQUARE has a length of x units. The perimeter of the square is 4x units and its area is x squared units. What value of x will make the area greater than the perimeter? Show work to prove your answer. Answer by Earlsdon(6294) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! You want... so... Divide both sides by x.
So x must be greater than 4 in order for the area to be larger than the perimeter.