perimeter of a rectangle

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The online calculator allows to calculate the perimeter of a rectangle from its length and its width.
perimeter_rectangle(`3;2`), returns 12

Perimeter of a rectangle

The online calculator allows to calculate the perimeter of a rectangle from its length and its width.


The calculator is able to calculate online the perimeter of a rectangle. The perimeter of a rectangle is given by the formula `2*(L+l)` where L represents the length and l the width of a side. The perimeter of a rectangle is equal to the sum of the sides. The length calculator supports numeric but also literal expressions.

Calculating perimeter of a rectangle

The length calculator is able to calculate the perimeter of a rectangle, the calculated length is returned in exact form and in approximate form.

The calculation of the perimeter of a rectangle whose length is 3 and width is 2 is done by entering the following formula perimeter_rectangle(`3;2`).

Symbolic calculation of the perimeter of a rectangle

The length calculator is able to do symbolic calculations or literal calculation. To calculate, for example, the perimeter of a rectangle whose length is 1+x and width is 1+y, just enter the following formula perimeter_rectangle(`1+x;1+y`) ,after calculating the result is returned.

Syntax :

perimeter_rectangle(length;width)


Examples :

perimeter_rectangle(`3;2`), returns 12

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