Question

what is the function rule for the perimeter P of a building with a rectangular base if the width w is two times the length l?

Answer 1

How do you calculate the perimeter for any object?

Answer 2

2a+2b= P OF A RECTANGLE

Answer 3

that's right, now what are you doing when you do this? You are ______ the lengths of the _______.

Answer 4

adding the lenghts of the rectangle ?..

Answer 5

first blank is correct, second blank not quite. What are a and b?

Answer 6

a is the length and b is the width

Answer 7

right so you are essentially adding up th lengths of all of the sides right?

Answer 8

yea so how exactly do we answer the question?

Answer 9

so draw a picture and add the sides

Answer 10

the addition of the sides, is your eq.