First you would want to graph the rectangle. For example, The corners of the rectangle are (0,0), (0,2), (3,0) and (3,2). You would have a rectangle with the vertical sides being 2 units in length and the horizontal sides being 3 units.
The "easy" way to find the area of a rectangle is to multiple the length of the vertical sides by the horizontal sides. In this example, 2*3=6. The calculus way would be to setup an integral from a to b of f(x)dx. a and b are the end points for x values. i.e. a <= x <= b. In this example, a = 0 and b = 3. f(x) is the function y=2. The integral from 0 to 3 of 2dx = 6.
The formula for the area of a rectangle is length x breadth. In order to prove this works, work out an area of a rectangle using that formula.
break it up into parts (i.e. Pythagorean theorem plus basic area) or learn/use calculus.
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Calculus was created to prove physics which defines the laws of nature.
Rectangle area = (rectangle width) x (rectangle height)
Issac Newton
By using Differential Calculus. Any rectangle is at a maximum area when it is a square. So taking 108 and dividing by '4' We have '27' This is the length of one side of the square So its areis A(sq) = 27^2 = 729 m^2
The link has the answer to your question. http://www.sosmath.com/calculus/integ/integ03/integ03.html
From Wikipedia: "...a rectangle is any quadrilateral with four right angles". So there isn't much to prove, that's how the rectangle is defined.
A = lw Area of a rectangle = length times width
The area of rectangle is : 35.0
Use squares and try it out for yourself. Get a number of squares and make a rectangle 3 squares long by 4 squares wide. Count the squares. You should have 12 squares (or 3*4). That's the best way I know to prove the formula.