SOLUTION: Can the width in a rectangle be longer the length?
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Question 269178: Can the width in a rectangle be longer the length?
Answer by Alan3354(69443) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
The labels are arbitrary. You can call the long side the length, the width or the height.
A rectangle can be 2 by 10 or 10 by 2. Makes no difference.
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