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Question 336956: The length of a rectangle is five times its width.
If the perimeter of the rectangle is 64m , what is the area

Answer by mananth(16946)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
let width be x
length = 5x
..
perimeter P = 2L+2W
P= 2(x+5x)
P=12x
12x=64
x= 5.33 feet width
length = 5*5.33= 26.65
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Area = 26.65 * 5.33
= 142 sq.m

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