SOLUTION: A rectangle has the length of 1.4 ft and a width of 1.2 ft . What is the effect on the perimeter if the length and width are doubled ?

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Question 466327: A rectangle has the length of 1.4 ft and a width of 1.2 ft . What is the effect on the perimeter if the length and width are doubled ?
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Answer by richard1234(7193) About Me  (Show Source):
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The perimeter is also doubled. This is mainly because perimeter is one-dimensional. If the question were asking for area, it would be multiplied by 4 because area is two-dimensional.

Answer by solver91311(24713) About Me  (Show Source):
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The perimeter of any rectangle is given by:



If you multiply each of the length and width by some arbitrary number , then the perimeter of your resized but similar rectangle is:



So multiplying each of the dimensions by results in the new perimeter being times the old perimeter.

John

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