Rectangle Area

Write a function that computes the area of a rectangle.

rectangle_area(width, height)

Return width * height.

Examples

rectangle_area(4, 5)    // → 20
rectangle_area(10, 10)  // → 100
rectangle_area(1, 1)    // → 1

Walkthrough

Thinking it through

There's no trick here — the area of a rectangle is its width times its height, full stop:

def rectangle_area(width, height):
    return width * height

The only thing worth internalizing at this stage is the shape every function in this course will follow: take some inputs as parameters, compute a value, return it (not print it — see the previous lesson). You'll build on this exact pattern for the rest of the course, just with more interesting computations inside.

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