SOLUTION: How can 2 rectangles have the same area but different perimeters?.

SOLUTION: How can 2 rectangles have the same area but different perimeters?.

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Question 756062: How can 2 rectangles have the same area but different perimeters?.

Answer by rothauserc(4718) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
for example,
our first rectangle has length 10 and width 2, our second rectangle has length 5 and width 4
certainly the areas are equal, that is, 10*2 = 5*4, BUT
the perimeters are not equal, namely
2*10 + 2*2 = 24 and
5*2 + 4*2 = 18

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