What is the perimeter of a rectangle with sides of 12 inches and 18 inches?

1 Answer
Apr 3, 2018

#60# #"inches"#

Explanation:

The perimeter means "the distance around a figure. To find the perimeter of any figure, you simply add all of it's sides together.

Sometimes it's helpful to imagine putting a fence around the shape - you have to know how much distance there is around the "property", so you add all of the sides together.

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So the perimeter of this rectangle is

#p = 12 + 18 + 12 + 18#

#p = 30 + 30#

#p = 60# #"inches"#

So the perimeter of this figure is #60# #"inches"#.