Question

Any help would be great....

The area of a square garden is 36x^2-60x+25. What is the perimeter of the garden if x=3 feet?

Answer 1

\[ 36x^2-60x+25=(6x-5)^2\]

Answer 2

so the sides are each \(6x-5\) and the perimeter is
\[4(6x-5)\]

Answer 3

they really reach for these word problems don't they?

Answer 4

is 6x the square root of the first number or is it related to -60x?

Answer 5

oh \(x=3\) so each sides is
\[6\times 3-5=18-5=13\] and the perimeter is \(4\times 13\)

Answer 6

okay thank you! these really are not in my strongest area for math.. thanks again!