Homework Help: math

Posted by sabrina on Wednesday, December 9, 2009 at 1:13pm.

One side of a square is 5n inches long. Another side is n + 16 inches long. Write an equation by setting these equal and solving for n. How long is a side of the square? One point for finding n and one point for finding the length of the side.

math - bobpursley, Wednesday, December 9, 2009 at 1:25pm
So set 5n equal to n+16, and solve.

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