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If a pentagon has five sides. Two sides are three times the length of the shortest side. Two sides are five inches longer than the shortest side. Write and simplify an expression for the perimeter of the pentagon.

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3x+3x+x+x-5+x-5 = perimeter
9x-10=perimeter

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