SOLUTION: Eight 3inch squares tiles are placed end to end to make a rectangle. What is the distance around the rectangle they form?

Question 214001: Eight 3inch squares tiles are placed end to end to make a rectangle. What is the distance around the rectangle they form?
Answer by josmiceli(19441) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
there are 2 corner tiles, and they each have
3 sides which are on an outside edge
sides
that leaves tiles, each of which
has only 2 sides on an outside edge
sides
There are 3" sides on the outside
of the rectangle

There are 54 inches around the rectangle

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