SOLUTION: please help me solve this: the area and the perimeter have to be the same on a rectangle what could they be?

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Question 243000: please help me solve this: the area and the perimeter have to be the same on a rectangle what could they be?
Found 2 solutions by Alan3354, checkley77:
Answer by Alan3354(69443) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Area = xy
Perimeter = 2(x+y)
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2x + 2y = xy
The solution can be any point on the hyperbola where both x and y are positive.
Also (0,0) is a solution.

Answer by checkley77(12844) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Area=perimeter.
xy=2x+2y
xy=2(x+y)
3*6=2(3+6)
18=2*9
18=18