A student wrote and simplified an expression to find the perimeter of this 5 points rectangular garden. The student made an error. Which step did the
student make the mistake? *
2x
5x + 1
Step 1: 5x + 1 + 5x + 1 + 2x + 2x
Step 2: 14x + 1 + 1
Step 3: 14x + 2
Step 4: 16x

Step 4.          

You can’t add 14x and 2

answer: solve 5\cdot 2^x=2405⋅2  

x

=2405, dot, 2, start superscript, x, end superscript, equals, 240.

solution

to solve for xxx, we must first isolate the exponential part. to do this, divide both sides by 555 as shown below. we do not multiply the 555 and the 222 as this goes against the order of operations!

\begin{aligned} 5\cdot 2^x& =240 2^x& =48 \\ \end{aligned}  

5⋅2  

x

2  

x

​    

=240

=48

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step-by-step explanation: