Does it matter which dimensions you select for the length and the width when you find the area of a rectangle? Explain. I need this by 1 : 36

The area of a rectangle is the product of the length and the width of the rectangle.

The dimensions chosen for length and width of a rectangle must be the lengths of two adjacent sides. The area is the product of the two dimensions. It does not make a difference which one you call length and which one you call width since length * width = width * length because of the commutative property of multiplication.,

To find the area you need both the length and width

A= lw

Practically it doesn't matter which one you call length or width  as long as both of them used in the calculation. The product of them doesn't change.

110698.56 square miles

step-by-step explanation:

multiply 3.8 by 102

387.6

multiply 2.8 by 102

285.6

multiply those two to get