MEDAL AND FAN The perimeter of a regular hexagon is forty‾eight and each side is represented by two x. What is x?

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anonymous · Answer

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$$2x+2x+2x+2x+2x+2x = 48$$
$$6*2x = 12 x = 48$$
and solve for x.

anonymous · Answer

?
 can u explain a little more

anonymous · Answer

The perimeter of a shape = the summation of its lengths.
regular hexagon = have the same sides (each side equal the other).
and he told you to put the side  of the hexagon with a symbol 2x.
Thus you substituted with 2x instead of L and solved it for x

anonymous · Answer

@adsfsdf  got it?

anonymous · Answer

ok thanks
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