Given:
An equation that represents the perimeter of a square:
[tex]y=2x[/tex]To find:
What x represents.
Solution:
It is known that the perimeter of the square is equal to four times the side of the square.
Let the side of the square be s. So,
[tex]\begin{gathered} y=P \\ 2x=4s \\ x=\frac{4s}{2} \\ x=2s \end{gathered}[/tex]Therefore, x represents twice the length of each side.
