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ok so then after I simplify, would it be

x+x+2x+2x=600?

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Yes, then solve for x, the short side.

After that, you can calculate the long side, 2x+50.

Tell me your answers.

x+x=300?

I am just trying to see if I'm on the right track lol

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x+x=300?

I am just trying to see if I'm on the right track lol

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You got derailed.

1x + 1x + 2x + 2x = 600 m.

ADD the x's.

6x=600?

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6x=600?

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Yes! *kiss* And??

Short side is 100
Longer side is 250?

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Short side is 100
Longer side is 250?

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YES!!

(Now I remember why I quit teaching. Hope I don't have nightmares tonight.)

To check your work:

100 + 250 + 100 + 250 = what?

700! Thank you so much! It's been so long since I have done this stuff lol, but it's starting to come back to me a bit

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700! Thank you so much! It's been so long since I have done this stuff lol, but it's starting to come back to me a bit

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Don't forget to put the meters or feet or dollar signs or whatever on the answers.

Lol yep that I remember, I used to get so many points off in school for that ha ha

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lol yep that I remember, I used to get so many points off in school for that ha ha

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Figure out the next one (about the wire) and tell me your answers.

48 is the longer piece
36 is the shorter piece?

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48 is the longer piece
36 is the shorter piece?

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x + x-6 = 84 cm.
2x = 84 + 6
2x = 90
x = 45

thus x-6 =??

39!

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39!

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45 cm. + 39 cm. = 84 cm.

Don't forget the cm.

Is your homework-challenged "friend" with you, or will you connect with this person later?

Yea she is with me lol. She hasn't had math in 10 years ha ha

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Yea she is with me lol. She hasn't had math in 10 years ha ha

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Does she understand what we did?

Tell me your answer to the Allison rental car one.

Yeah she understands how we got those answers, we had to isolate x to find the answer.

Is it 220mi?

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Yeah she understands how we got those answers, we had to isolate x to find the answer.

Is it 220mi?

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Yes!!

Is this person Mrs. Romefalls19?