Question

The length of a rectangle is 8 inches and the width is x inches. What is the perimeter, in inches? A. 16 + 2x B. 10 + 2x C. 16 + x D. 10 + x

Answer 1

perimeter is the sum of the lengths of all of the sides. if the length is 8 inches, and the width is x inches, what is the sum of all of the sides?

Answer 2

oh nvm i got the answer

Answer 3

what did you get?

Answer 4

i got B. 10+2x

Answer 5

how on earth did you get that?

the rectangle has 2 sides which are 8 inches long, and 2 sides which are x inches long. the perimeter is the sum of the lengths of all of the sides.

Answer 6

8, 8, x, and x

add them up

Answer 7

idk xD im not that good at math

Answer 8

draw a picture. label it. go around the rectangle and add up the sides.

8+8+x+x =

Answer 9

8+8 = 10 only if you are doing arithmetic in base 16, which you aren't :-)

Answer 10

oh woops

Answer 11

yah i saw what i was doing

Answer 12

confuse 8 and 5 maybe?

Answer 13

yah lol

Answer 14

thank you for your help :)

Answer 15

you're welcome!