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The perimeter of a rectangle is 72 m. The width of the rectangle is 16 m. What is the area of the rectangle?

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The answer is 320.

Permitted = 2x width + 2x height
width = 16
16x2 = 32
72-32 = 40
40/2 = 20 = height
16x20 = 320
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