Question

Pascal wanted the area Of the floor to be 36 square Feet and the width still to be 1/4

Answer 1

Assuming you mean 1/4 of a foot:

1/4L=36
L=144
width=1/4, length= 144

If you meant the width to be 1/4 of the length, then:

w*1/4w=36
width= 12, length=3