For a flat shape, the 'perimeter' is the length of the piece of string you'd need
to wrap around it exactly one time, and the 'area' is the whole place inside it,
that you'd cover with paint or grass.
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The perimeter is the outside of a shape and the area is the inside of it
You can't. The perimeter doesn't tell the area. There are an infinite number of shapes with different dimensions and different areas that all have the same perimeter.
Most shapes have different perimeter than area, as far as value.
Knowing the area doesn't tell you the perimeter. There are an infinite number of different sizes and shapes with different perimeters that all have the same area. The shortest possible perimeter for any area is a circle. The shortest possible perimeter for any area with straight sides is a square. And also by the way, there are many different units for area. "Feet" is not one of them. "Square feet" is.
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