whats the perimeter of a square if 8x-10 is the length and 6x is the width

I need to find the perimeter can you help me please thanks.Of a sqaure
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Note that the length of  a square is the same as its width (since all four sides are equal).

Thus, we have:

8x - 10 = 6x
8x - 6x = 10
2x = 10
x = 5

The perimeter is:

4 * 6x
= 24x
= 24(5)
= 120
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