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Given the formula for the perimeter of a rectangle where l represents the length and w represents the width. 2(l + w) What does the 2 represent in this formula?
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Given the formula for the perimeter of a rectangle where l represents the length and w represents the width. 2(l + w) What does the 2 represent in this formula?

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The 2 represents the number of sides there are. There are 2L and 2W sides on a rectangle.
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