Rectangle Area

Move the sliders that represent the base and the height of the rectangle. What do you observe?


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1.) What is the relationship between the base and the height of the rectangle to its shape?
2.) What is the relationship between the height, base, and the number of unit squares (area) of the rectangle?
3) What conjecture can you make based on your answers above?