Question

A square patio has a perimeter of (16x + 12) feet. What is the length of the patio?

Answer 1

The perimeter of a square is 4 times the length of its side. Therefore, the answer to this problem is 4x+3.

Answer 2

Solution:

Note that:

• Squares always have equal sides and angles.
• Perimeter of square patio: (16x + 12) ft.

Factorize the perimeter.

• 16x + 12
• => 4(4x + 3) ft.

Find the length of the patio.

• 4(4x + 3)/4
• => 4x + 3 ft.

The length of the square patio is 4x + 3 ft.