document.write( "Question 1064704: If length times width equals area then what times what equals perimeter
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? the perimeter is a linear measure. You can make any shape you want with the line, but as long as you are just measuring the length of the line, it will be just that, a linear measure.
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\n" ); document.write( "Since the area has two dimensions, you multiply one measure times the other, L*W. If the L and W are the same, as in a square, you can take the Side and square it.
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