How do you solve width and length from 920 ft and 154 ft?

Answer 1

With a rectangle, the length is (by convention) usually the longer side; thus the length would be 920 ft and the width 154 ft.

But the length does not have to be the longer side. Examples in the real world:

• When fitting the proscenium arch of a stage with tabs (front curtains), the length would be the drop from the arch (actually just above the tab rail along which the tabs can be drawn apart) and the width would be across the stage; the total width of both tabs together would be greater than the length of the drop - if flown out (raised above the stage as opposed to pulling them apart) they could be considered as a single curtain.
• Windows in a house: the width is always taken to be the distance from left to right which for a rectangular window would make the length the height of the window; above our bath there is a short wide window - its length (how tall it is) is much less than its width.

Answer 2

Length is usually the larger of the two so, since 920 > 154, then length = 920 ft and width = 154 ft.