To find the dimensions of a rectangle when you know the area, you need to understand the relationship between the area and the dimensions.
The area (A) of a rectangle is calculated using the formula:
Area = Length x Width
If you have the area, you can express one dimension in terms of the other. For instance, if you call the length L and the width W, you can rearrange the formula to:
W = Area / L
This means that if you have a specific area, you can choose a value for the length, and then calculate the width by dividing the area by that length.
For example, if the area is 20 square units, and you choose the length to be 5 units, then:
Width = 20 / 5 = 4 units
Repeat this process with different lengths to get different corresponding widths. Remember, there are infinitely many pairs of dimensions that can give the same area. What’s important is that both dimensions are positive numbers.