Question

The length of a rectangle is 24 units. Can the perimeter x of the rectangle be 60 units when its width y is 11 units?

Answer 1

No!

Explanation:

The perimeter is the measurement of the total outside length, so what you would have to do with a rectangle is take both of your sides, add them together, and multiply by 2 to get the perimeter;

24 + 11 = 35;

35 * 2 = 70 (not 60)

You can do it the other way of multiplying by 2 before adding;

(24 * 2) + (11 * 2) =

(48) + (22) = 70