A rectangular field is twice as long as it is wide. If the perimeter of the field is 60 meters, what is the area of the field in square meters?
200 square meters
Let width be W. Length is 2W. Perimeter is 2(W + 2W) = 6W = 60m, giving W = 10m and Length = 20m. Area is width × length = 10m × 20m = 200 square meters.
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