SOLUTION: Jasmin drew a rectangle. Area is 32 centimeters Length is twice the width What is perimeter?

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Question 642305: Jasmin drew a rectangle.
Area is 32 centimeters
Length is twice the width
What is perimeter?

Answer by solver91311(24713)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!


Let represent the width. Then must be the length. The area is the length times the width.



Solve for the positive root (no rectangles I know of have a negative measure of width). Then calculate

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