document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1183354>Question 1183354</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Find the missing measure needed to solve for either the area or perimeter of a rectangle.	w=7, l=12, P=<BR>\n" );
document.write( "how do you solve of the perimeter or the area in this equation? when I do I end up getting the wrong answer </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "In this problem, &nbsp;there is &nbsp;NO &nbsp;missing measures to find either the area or the perimeter.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "All needed measures are in the place and are given to you, &nbsp;so the formulation of the post is non-sensical.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "To calculate the perimeter of a rectangle, &nbsp;add the measures of its four sides.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "To calculate the area of the rectangle, &nbsp;multiply its length by its width.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "What REALLY is, &nbsp;which you do not understand in these simple procedures ?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Again, as the problem is worded, printed, posted and presented, it is NONSENSICAL.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The correct formulation is THIS:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "    Given the width of a rectangle  W= 7  and the length  L= 12,  find its perimeter and its area.\r\n" );
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document.write( "In this form, any 2-nd grade student will give you an answer in 5 seconds,\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "spending 1 second for the area and 4 seconds for the perimeter.\r<BR>\n" );
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