document.write( "Question 18554: 3) A rectangle with an area of 108 is divided into 3 equal squares. What is the perimeter of the rectangle? \n" ); document.write( "

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\n" ); document.write( "let the length be x and width be y,of the rectangle.
\n" ); document.write( "then area=xy=108 unitsquare
\n" ); document.write( "no of squares=3
\n" ); document.write( "therefore area of each square=108/3=36 unitsquare
\n" ); document.write( "then side of each square is 6 units
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\n" ); document.write( "the situation can be seen this way:
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\n" ); document.write( "So we can see that the width of the rectangle is the side of the square=6 units and the length of the rectangles is 3 times the squares side,so the length is=3*6=18 units
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\n" ); document.write( "So we have length=18,breadth=6
\n" ); document.write( "perimeter=2(x+y)=2(6+18)=2(24)=48 units
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\n" ); document.write( "Hope this helps,
\n" ); document.write( "Prabhat \n" ); document.write( "

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