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The length of a rectangle is twice it’s width. If the perimeter of the rectangle is 60 cm, find it’s area.

User RajaKumar
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Given that the length of the rectangle is twice its width and the perimeter is 60cm, then we can safely assume numbers that fit:
L=20
W=10
To make sure:
2(20)+2(10)=60
So, the area would be:
A=LxW
A=20(10)
A=200centimeter squared

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