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We know that every side of a square in the same length, and that the area is equal to the width times the height. Because this is a square, the width and height are equal, so area is equal to the length of one of the sides times itself, or the length of one of the sides squared. So, in order to find the length of one of the sides, you take the square root of the area. The length of the side is equal to both the width and the height. For example, if you have a square with an area of 9, take the square root of 9, which is 3. So the width of that square is 3.

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Why is base times height divided by 2?

Because they derive the formula from the area of a square. A square is width x height (or base x height). If you cut the square into two equal triangles, you can get the area of only a single triangle by dividing by 2.


How do you find the area of a rectangle with only the width?

Measure...is the length twice the width or 3 times. If so, then just multiply that amount, then figure like normal.


What is the side length of a cube if the surface area is 54 square centimeters?

6 centimetres( to find surface area one must multiply height by height, width by width and length by length. Then you must add the products together and you get the surface area. To get the side lengths from a surface area you must reverse and divide it by 3[height,length and width]. In your case that would be 18. Then you must find a number that when multiplied by 3 equals the quotient of the first division{18} and there you have it 6). This only works on cubes.


Find the perimeter and area of a rectangle with width 3 meters and length 11 meters?

Oh, what a happy little rectangle we have here! To find the perimeter, we add up all the sides, which would be 2 times the width plus 2 times the length. So, 2(3) + 2(11) = 6 + 22 = 28 meters for the perimeter. And to find the area, we simply multiply the width by the length, which gives us 3 x 11 = 33 square meters of area. Just remember, there are no mistakes, only happy little accidents!


What is the length and width of a square 40 acre parcel?

Well, honey, a 40 acre parcel is a square plot of land, so the length and width would be the same. To find the length of one side, you take the square root of 40 acres, which is about 6.32 acres. So, the length and width of your sassy square parcel would be approximately 6.32 acres each.

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How do you find the height and width knowing only the area?

If the shape is a square, find the square root of the area and that will be the height and the width. Otherwise, you would need to find out more than the area.


How do you find the height when you only have the total square feet and the width?

If you only have square feet, you won't be able to find the height, unless you're mistaking height for length. Area in square feet of a quadrilateral is width times length. To find the length, divide the area by the width.


How do you find length and width of a square showing only the height of the square?

the height is the same as the length and width


How do you find the area of a yard using the perimeter in square feet?

You can't only using the perimeter. You have to know length and width.


If the area is 185 square feet what is the length and width?

To find the length and width when the area is 185 square feet, you need more information. If the shape is a rectangle, you can find the dimensions by factoring 185 into two numbers that multiply to 185. If the shape is a square, the length and width would both be the square root of 185.


How do you find the length and width of a rectangle when you know the area?

you cannot do this; you have area only and two unknowns - lengthand width but only one equation: area = length x width


How do I find the area of a rectangle if I only have the length?

You cannot find the area of a rectangle if you only know its length. You need to know its width too. Then you multiply its length by its width.


How do i find the length and width if you only know the perimeter?

if it is a square...divide by 4 If it is not a square you cannot find the length and width because it can be short and wide or tall and narrow.


How do you find the length of a rectangle knowing ONLY the diagonal and the width?

You square the width and subtract it from the diagonal squared. Then find the square root of this number, this number is now the length.


How do you find the area of a parallelogram with only the perimeter?

area is length times width


How do you find a square length when you only have the area?

The area of a square is the "length x width" but as these are equal we can put that the area = L2.....where L is the side length of the square. If the value of the area is known then the square root of this figure provides the side length. Example : Area = 36 sq cm, Length L = √36 = 6 cm.


How do you find length and width of a rectangle if only the square footage is known?

It is not possible.