SOLUTION: The rectangle has a length twice as long as its width. If its width is "x" its perimeter is?

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Question 884745: The rectangle has a length twice as long as its width. If its width is "x" its perimeter is?
Answer by jim_thompson5910(35256)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Width = x (given)

Length = 2x (length is twice the width)

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Perimeter = 2*(Length + Width)

Perimeter = 2*(2x + x)

Perimeter = 2*(3x)

Perimeter = 6x

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