 Hey math learners, this is Mr. Marks, your friendly neighborhood math teacher. Remember, it's not just about getting the right answers. It's about learning and growing along the way. Now today's problem is a great example of thinking abstractly or outside of the box. But first let's talk about the elephant in the room. This is an often dreaded word problem. But word problems don't have to be so overwhelming. What do you say we tackle this problem together one step at a time? First let's read the problem's instructions. Doubling a rectangle sides. The length and width of a rectangle are doubled. How do the perimeter and area of the new rectangle compare with the perimeter and area of the original rectangle? Illustrate your answer. So the term illustrate tells us we're going to be doing a little bit of drawing. But exactly what are we being asked to draw and why? Let's first start breaking down this problem by drawing a plain old rectangle. And let's just give it a plain old length of two and a width of one. Now our instructions say the length and width of a rectangle are doubled. How can we illustrate or draw that?