document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=12044>Question 12044</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> I'm trying to help my sister with her pre algebra and I'm having trouble myself remembering! How do you find the perimeter of a rectangle with only the area? I know how to do it the other way around [and apparently so does everyone else on the internet, where I've been searching] but not how her homework asks her to. thanks for any help!<BR>\n" );
document.write( "ps: the area is 400 square feet </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #6114 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=rapaljer><B>rapaljer(4671)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=rapaljer><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=rapaljer><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=6114\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> You can't find the perimeter from the area unless you know something else about the length and width of the rectangle.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Do you want to elt x = the width of the rectangle, and find a formula for the Perimeter in terms of the area and the width?  We can do that, but I'm not sure if that is what you want to do.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "R^2 at SCC </SPAN>\n" );
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