SOLUTION: Why area of rectangle or square is lengths times widths?

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Question 824165: Why area of rectangle or square is lengths times widths?
Answer by josgarithmetic(39620)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Because area depends on length in two directions. A square is one of the simplest of these. The lengths to be used are at right-angle to each other.
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