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Question 173688: I am trying to help my son but we are hiting what seems to be a cultural or langage problem.
In French when a rectangle is high and thin ,we call the short side the width.
If the same rectangle is lying down, we still call the narrow side the width .
Is it the sama in English .Dictionnaries do not help here.
Answer by Mathtut(3670) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
the length is almost always the longest side....but in mathematics , where you can label things any way you want when it comes to variables, the width is sometimes longer.......go figure eh!!!!!!!!
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hope that helps