Question

How is the area of a wall calculated?

Answer 1

Depends on its shape. If rectangular `A=h * w`, where `h` is the height and `w` is the width.

Explanation:

Since this question is in the Geometry section, I assume that you are interested into the mathematical and not the practical aspect of measuring.

The answer depends on the shape of the wall.

Walls are mainly rectangular. To calculate their area, one has to know the measure of the height `h` and the width `w` of the wall. Once these measures have been obtained, the area can be computed by multiplication of the two measures:

`A = h * w`