document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=373619>Question 373619</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> What is a fixed perimeter? </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #265895 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=Jk22><B>Jk22(389)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-10.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=Jk22><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/cgi-bin/show-face.mpl?user=Jk22><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=265895\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> This means the length of the side of an area, a rectangle for example, is always the same : <BR>\n" );
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document.write( "If the side of the rectangle are a and b, then a+b times two is fixed, or, which is the same, the sum a and b is fixed.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "A square of side 5, or a rectangle of side 4 and 6 have the same perimeter : <BR>\n" );
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document.write( "4*5 for the square, 20, and 4+4+6+6=20 for the rectangle.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "But the areas are 25 for square, and 24 for the rectangle.  </SPAN>\n" );
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