Area of Rectangle: C Program


The length and breadth / width of a rectangle are entered through the keyboard. Write a program to calculate the area of the rectangle.

Rectangle is a quadrilateral(i.e., it has 4 sides). And all the 4 angles of the rectangle are of 90 degree. To calculate area of a rectangle we need its length and width/breadth.

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Note: Area of a Rectangle is calculated using the formula
Area = Length * Width;


area of rectangle

Length: is the length of the longest side of the rectangle.
width: is the length of the smallest side of the rectangle.

Find Area of a Rectangle: C Program


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Source Code: Find Area of a Rectangle: C Program

#include < stdio.h >

int main()
{
    float length, width, area;

    printf("Enter length of rectangle\n");
    scanf("%f", &length);

    printf("Enter width of rectangle\n");
    scanf("%f", &width);

    area = length * width;

    printf("Area of Rectangle is %f\n", area);

    return 0;
}

Output:
Enter length of rectangle
12
Enter width of rectangle
6
Area of Rectangle is 72.000000

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