Question

The length of a rectangle is twice its width.
If the perimeter of the rectangle is 42 m

, find its area.

Answer 1

the perimeter is the sum of all a shapes sides.

so if length is two times the width, you could write it as 2w.

2w + 2w + w + w = 42. Simplified, it's 6w = 42.
Divide both sides by 6, and you get w = 7.

Since the length is 2w, 2 * 7 = 14, so the length is 14

Area of rectangle is length * width, so do 14 * 7 which is 98. Slap on some units and your answer is 98 sq m