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Taylor is removing dirt from a rectangular section of her backyard to build a water feature. This section is 2 meters long and has an area of 10 square meters. What is the perimeter of this section

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The area of a rectangle is given by:


A=L* W

Where L is the length and w is the width. The rectangle has an area of 10 square meters and a length of 2 meters. By replacing these values in the formula we can find the width:


\begin{gathered} 10m^2=2m* W \\ W=(10m^2)/(2m) \\ W=5m \end{gathered}

The perimeter of a rectangle is given by:


\begin{gathered} P=2(L+W) \\ \text{ Replace the known values} \\ P=2(2m+5m) \\ P=2(7m) \\ P=14m \end{gathered}

The perimeter of this section is 14 m.

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