The length of the rectangle of the land plot is 8 m and the width is 2 times less than the length. What is the area of the plot?

The length of the rectangle of the land plot is 8 m and the width is 2 times less than the length. What is the area of the plot? what is the length of the border of this section?

Given:
Length – 8 m;
Width -? 2 times less than the length;
Square – ? m ^ 2;
Plot boundary length -? m.
Decision:
The area of the plot can be calculated only knowing the length and width. Therefore, the first step is to find the width of the rectangular area. The words “2 times less” mean division by 2:
1) 8/2 = 4 (m) – width.
Now let’s find the area of a rectangle as the product of its length and width:
2) 8 * 4 = 32 (m ^ 2) – area.
The length of the border of a given section is nothing more than a perimeter, which is equal to twice the sum of the length and width:
3) 2 (8 + 4) = 2 * 12 = 24 (m) – perimeter.
Answer: 32 m ^ 2, 24 m.