SOLUTION: What is the perimeter of a rectangle if the area is 36 m square?

Question 242485: What is the perimeter of a rectangle if the area is 36 m square?
Found 2 solutions by JimboP1977, checkley77:
Answer by JimboP1977(311) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Impossible to say for certain. The dimensions could be 9 by 4 for example which gives a perimeter of 26 metres. Or it could be 3 by 12, which gives a perimeter of 30 metres...
Answer by checkley77(12844) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
LW=36
THERE ARE MANY SOLUTIONS.
A FEW FOLLOW:
L*W/////2L+2W
6*6///2*6+2*6=12=12=24 ANS.
9*4///2*9+2*4=18+8=26 ANS.
12*3//2*12+2*3=24+6=30 ANS.
18*2//2*18+2*2=36+4=40 ANS.
36*1//2*36+2*1=72+2=74 ANS.

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