Question

The length of a rectangle is 2 ft longer than it’s width if the perimeter of the rectangle is 36ft find it’s area

Answer 1

two of the sides are x and the other two sides are x+2

x+x+x+2+x+2 = 36

4x = 32

x = 8

the sides are 8, 8, 10, 10

area is length x width

8 x 10 = 80

answer: 80ft

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