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when your finding the area of a rectangle do you multiply the numbers around the perimeter or add them.

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When you are finding the area, you multiply the length x the width. So for example, we have a rectangle that the length is 6 feet and the width is 4 feet. So, first of all we multiply 6x4= 24. Since its area don't forget it is Square Feet (or any other type of measurement).

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