document.write( "Question 355884: To find the area of a rectangle you add or multipy? perimeter? \n" ); document.write( "
Algebra.Com's Answer #254105 by ewatrrr(24785) You can put this solution on YOUR website! Hi, \n" ); document.write( ". \n" ); document.write( "Note: The best way to remember is that Area = l*w is in \n" ); document.write( ". \n" ); document.write( "Rectangle 10in by 20in, Area would b \n" ); document.write( ". \n" ); document.write( "Perimeter, on the other hand is a length: the length of the sum of its sides. \n" ); document.write( ". \n" ); document.write( "in our example: \n" ); document.write( ". \n" ); document.write( "P = 10in + 10in + 20in + 20in = 60in \n" ); document.write( ". \n" ); document.write( "Generally (to shorten it up) the Perimeter for a rectangle is written as: \n" ); document.write( "P = 2*l + 2*w = the perimeter \n" ); document.write( " |