So, first, what are the two sides?

let's call then x and y

we know that 2(x+y)=12.5 (that's the distance around)

so that means that x+y=6.25 (I just divided both by 2)

now, x=4y (from "4 times as long as it is wide")

so we can substitute:

x+4x=6.25

5x=6.25

x=1.25

so one side, is 1.25 and the other will be 1.25*4=5

and for the area we multiply the two:

1.25*5=6.25 square kilometers, and this is the answer!

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Answer:

WX = 9

Step-by-step explanation:

WY is the entire line - this tells you that the length of the entire line is 11.

XY is a section of the line, and WX is the section you need to find the length for. Since it is given that XY is of length 2, we can find the length of WX by subtracting the length of XY from WY.

11 (WY) - 2 (XY) = 9.

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