Question

The length of the side of a square is 3x - 6. What is the perimeter of the square

in terms of x?

Answer 1

12x - 24

Explanation:

Since the perimeter of a square 4 times a side length we can do 4 times 3x - 6 or 4(3x - 6) and use the distributive property to get 12x - 24.