How do length and width relate to area? Draw a diagram to illistrate your answer.

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Answer 1

The following graphic shows the relationship between length, width, and area of a square. If you think of this as a series of rows that make up the area it may help to you to understand. Let's assume that we have a square with a width of 100 feet and a length of 100 feet.

Lets take each row which are 1 foot each and look at what we find. 1 row that is 100 feet long has an area of 100 square feet. (length of 100 times width of 1 = 100)

Add a second row and we have two rows. What happens to the area. 2 1 foot rows that are 100 feet long gives an area of 200 square feet.

The entire square then has an area of what?  100 x 100 = 10000 square feet.

Hope this helps.

Answer 2

in many cases length and width is the sum of the area of a given shape. for instance, a rectangles area is found by multiplying the base/length by the height/width. so base * height = area of the rectangle.

be careful though because this dir...ect calculation does not always apply. for instance a triangle (3 sides) is also base/length times the height/width. but a triangles base must be multiplied twice first before you can multiply the base by the height. hence, (2base)*height= the area of triangle.