The perimeter of a square can be expressed as x + 4. If one side of the square is 24, what is the value of x?
Since the perimeter of the square is x + 4, and a square has four equal sides, we can use the perimeter formula for a square to ?nd the answer to the question: P = 4s where P perimeter and s = side length of the square. Substituting the information given in the problem, P = x / 4 and s 24, gives the equation: x = 4 / 4(24). Simplifying yields x = 4 = 96. Subtract 4 from both sides of the equation: x = 4 - 4 = 96 - 4. Simplify: x 92.