A rectangle is #3 1/3# feet long and #2 1/3# feet wide. What is the distance around the rectangle?

1 Answer
Dec 5, 2016

The distance around the rectangle is #11 1/3# feet

Explanation:

Please see the figure below. The distance around the rectangle of length #l# and width #w# is obviously #l+w+l+w=2xx(l+w)#. This is called perimeter .
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Here length is #3 1/3# feet and width is #2 1/3# and hence distance around the rectangle is

#2xx(3 1/3+2 1/3)=2xx(10/3+7/3)#

= #2xx17/3#

= #34/3#

= #11 1/3# feet