Books are rectangles so that means that opposite sides are equal so if one side is 10 inches then so is the opposite side. same for the 8. the perimeter is the amount around the rectangle so you must add all sides together to find it so
From the equation, we can see that x must be greater or equal to 0. This is true because every answer to an absolute value is positive or equal to 0. That is your answer.
Sergio will buy first! He is earning more than Lia per week, and it would take him about 34 weeks and he’d haves little money left over by that time :)