This is the expression for a square's perimeter.
We want to know the expression for the square's side.
We know all 4 sides of the square is equal.
Let one side length be x, so the perimeter is basically 4 times of that. THus, we can write:
4x = -8.8s - 20
If we divide by 4 all over, we get x, the side length. Let's do this:
[tex]\frac{-8.8s-20}{4}=-\frac{8.8s}{4}-\frac{20}{4}=-2.2s-5[/tex]Side length is:
-2.2s - 5