Question

A square and an isosceles triangle have the same perimeter. The sides of the square are x + 2 and the base of the triangle is x and sides x +5,find x.

Answer 1

x + x + 5 + x + 5 = x +2 + x +2 + x +2 + x +2

Answer 2

\[\large P = 4(x+2) \]
\[\large P = (x+5)+(x+5)+x \]

Answer 3

um which is right i am confused

Answer 4

all of them are right ways to do it

Answer 5

oh ok

Answer 6

All of them are the *SAME* way to do it. ;)

Answer 7

they arent answers, we set up the equation for you to solve for x

Answer 8

x=2

Answer 9

Yes.