How do you find x and y in a word problem

1 answer:

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You replace one letter with 0 so you can cancel it out. So for example, when you are solving for y, you put x as 0 so then you can find the y. If the problem is x+y=24. You put x as 0 and you solve for y.

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What are the perimeter and the area of the square? 80 200 400 8√5 16√5 32√5

Deffense [45]

Answer:

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8√5=17.8

16√5=75.7

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