SOLUTION: The length of a rectangle is twice the width. The perimeter is 24 meters. Find the length and the width! Please and thank you! Thanks a bunch!!!

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Question 18162: The length of a rectangle is twice the width. The perimeter is 24 meters. Find the length and the width! Please and thank you!
Thanks a bunch!!!

Answer by piglet162431(90) About Me  (Show Source):
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formula= 24=2l+2w
If l=2w, then 2w(2)=4w
24=4w+2w
24=6w
4=w
Since 4 is the width, length is 8.
4+4+8+8= 8+16=24