A band aid is three times as long as it is wide has a perimeter of 24cm. Determine the area of the band aid in cm 2

A band aid  is three times as long as it is wide has a perimeter of 24 cm.  Determine the area of the Band-Aids and centimetres square
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The sum of length and width is 4 times the width, and that’s half the perimeter, 12cm. So the width is 12/4=3cm. Length is 9cm and the area is 9×3=27 sq cm.

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