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-A square plywood platform has a perimeter which is 6 times the length of a side, decreased by 8. Find the length of a side.
A) 4
B) 1
C) 6
D) 2

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The perimeter of a square is 4 times the length of a side. If the perimeter is 6 times the length of a side minus 8, we can set up the equation 4s = 6s - 8. Solving for s, we subtract 6s from both sides to get -2s = -8, and then divide by -2 to find s = 4.

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