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the length of a rectangle is 4 times its width .if the perimeter of the rectangle is 60 M. what is the area

User Elbajo
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Since the length is 4times the width that means. 4l is the length.
Perimeter is 60cm.
Therefore
60= 4l+l+ 4l +l
60= 10l


L= 60/10
L= 10.
Area of rectangle is l*w
Therefore
4l=24cm and w= 6cm
Which gives us
24cm *6cm= 104 cm
User Andrew Glukhoff
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i think it would be 144 meters squared
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