SOLUTION: A rectangle has a diagonal of 10 and length of 8. Find the width. help plzz?

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Question 227392: A rectangle has a diagonal of 10 and length of 8. Find the width. help plzz?
Answer by LtAurora(115)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
To determine the width use:

c is the diagonal, and a is the length. Then solve for b.
So:

Simplify:

Move the 64 to the other side by subtracting:

Take the square root of 36 to eliminate the squared on the b:

So, our width is 6.
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