Question

Zohar is using scissors to cut a rectangle with a length of 5x – 2 and a width of 3x + 1 out of a larger piece of paper. The perimeter of the rectangle is 2(5x – 2) + 2(3x + 1). If x = 4 centimeters, what is the total distance Zohar needs to cut with the scissors?

Answer 1

62 cm. plug in 4 for x. 2(5(4)-2))+2(3(4)+1))= 2(18)+2(13)= 36+26=62. Hope this helps!