Patrick wants to buy a rug for a section of his living room. When he approaches a rug vendor, which measurement would be most appropriate to describe the area of the section of his living room?

Usually, rugs have a rectangular shape, therefore the section of the living room that Patrick wants to cover is a rectangle.

The area of a rectangle can be found by multiplying the length and the width of the rectangle:

A = l * w

Hence, the most appropriate measurements Patrick should provide are the length and the width of the section of his living room he wants to cover.