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Explain the difference between perimeter and area. What do they measure? What types of units are they measured in? NEED ANSWER STAT!!!!!

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First the difference between the perimeter and area is that area is the amount of space inside a shape, and perimeter is the distance around the shape
^thats what they measure
And since perimeter is a length or distance, the unit of measure is inches, feet, yards, or miles. The area is usually found by doing l x w
Hope this helped
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