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Area of a Rectangle
The area of a rectangle measures the amount of surface it encloses, expressed in square units. It equals the product of the length and the width:
For example, a rectangular rug that is feet long and feet wide covers square feet — exactly the number of unit squares that tile the surface. When the area and one dimension are known, the missing dimension can be found by dividing the area by the known side length.
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