The perimeter of a rectangle is 24cm, and the ratio of length to width is 5:1. What is the area of the rectangle?

The perimeter of a rectangle is 24cm, and the ratio of length to width is 5:1. What is the area of the rectangle?

24/(1+5)/2=2
Length = 5 * 2 = 10
Width = 1 * 2 = 2
Area of rectangle = 10 * 2 = 20 square centimeter