To solve this, we are going to use the formula for the area of a rectangle:

where

is the area of the rectangle

is the width of the rectangle

is the length of the rectangle
Since the short side of a rectangle is the width of the rectangle,

. Similarly, the long side a rectangle is the length of the rectangle, so

. Now we can replace those values in our formula to find

:



We can conclude that the area of our rectangle is
78.4 square feet.