The area of a rectangle is 100 square inches and one side is 20 inches long. Find the perimeter of the rectangle.

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Viktor Dahl · Answer 1 · 2022-07-22T16:48:12+0000

Answer:

P = 50 inches.

Explanation:

If one side is 20 in, then 20x5 is 100, which makes up the area.

That tells you that one side is 20 inches and another is 5 inches.

Since we know rectangles have four sides, that means that:

20+20+5+5= 50