well, as you can clearly see this is certainly not a short rectangle. maybe a little stocky, but certainly not short. also, I'm not very good at math, so dont ask me.
When we multiply this length by the height (), we get the area.
When a power/exponent (attached to a base/number) is having its' base being multiplied to another base with an exponent (and the bases are the same), the exponents will add together.