SOLUTION: The area of a rectangular patio is 96 square feet. The length of the patio is the width of the patio. What is the perimeter of the patio?

Question 878608: The area of a rectangular patio is 96 square feet. The length of the patio is the width of the patio. What is the perimeter of the patio?
Answer by JulietG(1812) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
If the length and width are the same, it's a square. Let X be the sides.
=96 (length * width = area)
The sq rt of 96 is ~9.8
If each side is 9.8', then the perimeter fence will need to be 9.8 + 9.8 + 9.8 + 9.8, or 39.2'
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Not that 9.8 has been rounded, so the answer is approximate.
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