The perimeter of a rectangle is 48 decimeters, and its length is twice its width. What's the area of a rectangle

The perimeter of a rectangle is 48 decimeters, and its length is twice its width. What's the area of a rectangle

Length + width = 48 △ 2 = 24 decimeters
So width = 24 △ 2 + 1 = 8 decimeters
Length = 8 × 2 = 16 decimeters
So the area of the rectangle is 16 × 8 = 128 square decimeters