In a rectangle,the longest side(bottom) is always the length.The width is always the shorter one.
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The width of a rectangle is the length of the shorter side.
A rectangle has only two dimensions, for example, length and width. The longest side is usually called the length, the other side, the width.
The length is the linear measurement of one side of the rectangle (usually the longest) and the width is the linear measurement of the other side of the rectangle (usually the shortest). In a square, both the length and the width would be the same.
width or breadth
Draw a rectangle for the side of the cylinder and on top and bottom of this rectangle 2 circles for the base and the top of the cylinder The rectangle width would be the diameter of the circle large and the same height that the cylinder