SOLUTION: To find the area of a rectangle you add or multipy? perimeter?

Question 355884: To find the area of a rectangle you add or multipy? perimeter?
Answer by ewatrrr(24785) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Hi,
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Note: The best way to remember is that Area = l*w is in
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Rectangle 10in by 20in, Area would b
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Perimeter, on the other hand is a length: the length of the sum of its sides.
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in our example:
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P = 10in + 10in + 20in + 20in = 60in
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Generally (to shorten it up) the Perimeter for a rectangle is written as:
P = 2*l + 2*w = the perimeter
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