I believe it would be done like this:
subtract 2x-8 from both sides. then use cubric formula.
answer should be x= 1.688242
The area of a rectangle is base * altitude, and the perimeter is 2*base + 2*altitude,
base = 10cm and altitude = 7cm
Add all of the interior angles to 1260. Then you simplify for x. After that you plug in what you found for X in the E expression.
-1/2 + 2 = 1.5
because if u add 2 to a minus half it goes 0 and then 1.5 (positive half)
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