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Jo has a rectangular flower bed in her garden. She wants to put an edging strip all the way around the flower bed. The flower bed has a length of 7m and a width 4m. She buys 24m of edging –has she bought enough?

YES OR NO

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No, because 7+7= 14 and 4+4= 8 and 14+8=22
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No, she does not have enough

What is the Area of Rectangle?

Definition: Area of rectangle is the region occupied by a rectangle within its four sides or boundaries.

The area of a rectangle depends on its sides. Basically, the formula for area is equal to the product of length and breadth of the rectangle. Whereas when we speak about the perimeter of a rectangle, it is equal to the sum of all its four sides. Hence, we can say, the region enclosed by the perimeter of the rectangle is its area. But in the case of a square, since all the sides are equal, therefore, the area of the square will be equal to the square of side-length.

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