What is the length of a rectangle with a perimeter of 96?

Answer 1

Hi, If you're looking for a straight numerical answer, then you will need to supply more information, for example a ratio or a width. EG: What is the length of a rectangle with a perimeter of 96 with a height to length ratio of 1:2 (height is 1, length is double that) or EG: What is the length of a rectangle with a perimeter of 96 and a height of 10. There's no way to tell what the length of a rectangle is if you don't know its height. however, if height is not relivent then the answer is anything that can be accuratel used in the definition of a rectangle. So...if the answer must be a whole number then we'll assume the minimum height of the rectangle is 1, therefor the maxium length is 47. If we continue down this track then each time we increase the height by 1 we reduce the length by 1. The So the table would go (using a ratio of Height:Length) {| |- | 1:47 2:46 3:45 4:44 5:43 6:42 7:41 8:40 9:39 10:38 11:37 12:36 13:35 14:34 15:33 16:32 17:31 18:30 19:29 20:28 21:27 22:26 23:25

24:24 would be a square so 23:25 is last option. |}