SOLUTION: Jasmin drew a rectangle. Area is 32 centimeters Length is twice the width What is perimeter?

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Question 642305: Jasmin drew a rectangle.
Area is 32 centimeters
Length is twice the width
What is perimeter?
Answer by solver91311(24713) About Me  (Show Source):
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Let represent the width. Then must be the length. The area is the length times the width.



Solve for the positive root (no rectangles I know of have a negative measure of width). Then calculate

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