You are wrapping a gift with the dimensions shown below. What is the least amount of wrapping paper you need?
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ANSWER
B. 10
EXPLANATION
We need to find the value of x first.
It was given that the perimeter of triangle XYZ is 24.
This means that:
XY+YZ+XZ=24
we substitute the expression in terms of x to get;
This implies that
Divide both sides by 4 to get;
|WY|=|ZX|=13-3=10