P = 2L + 2W and A = L x W?

All commonly used formulas for geometric objects are really mathematical models of the characteristics of physical objects. For example, a basketball, because it is a sphere, can be partially modeled by its distance from one side through the center (radius, r) and then to the other side by the diameter formula for a sphere: D = 2r.
For familiar two-dimensional variables length, L, and width, W, the perimeter and area formulas for a rectangle are mathematical models for distance around the rectangle (perimeter, P) and the region enclosed by the sides (area, A), respectively:

1 Answer
Jul 1, 2018

As diagrammatically represented below.

Explanation:

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"Let P = Perimeter, L = Length, W = width, A = Area, of a retangle"

Then P = 2 L + 2 W

A = L * W