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Lesson 3: Perimeter
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Find a missing side length when given perimeter

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Problem

The perimeter of the figure is 31 m.
What is the length of the missing side?
  • Your answer should be
  • an integer, like 6
  • an exact decimal, like 0.75
  • a simplified proper fraction, like 3/5
  • a simplified improper fraction, like 7/4
  • a mixed number, like 1 3/4
m
A four-sided figure with sides labeled as follows: 8 meters 6 meters, question mark meters, and 10 meters.
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