SOLUTION: I need help finding the perimeter, and area of a rectangle. The rectangle is 12in in width, and the length is x. I tired to figure it out several times,and just got weird confusing

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Question 555179: I need help finding the perimeter, and area of a rectangle. The rectangle is 12in in width, and the length is x. I tired to figure it out several times,and just got weird confusing answers, and I've stressed myself out not knowing how to figure it out. Please please help me!
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I need help finding the perimeter, and area of a rectangle. The rectangle is 12in in width, and the length is x. I tired to figure it out several times,and just got weird confusing answers, and I've stressed myself out not knowing how to figure it out. Please please help me!
width is 12 inches
length is x inches
.
Perimeter:
2(width + length) = 2(12 + x) = 24 + 2x inches
.
Area:
width * length = 12 * x = 12x square inches