SOLUTION: John made a small rectangular table for his workroom. The sides of the table are 36 inches and 18 inches. If the diagonal of the table measures 43 inches,is his table a true rectan

Question 176051: John made a small rectangular table for his workroom. The sides of the table are 36 inches and 18 inches. If the diagonal of the table measures 43 inches,is his table a true rectangle? explain your answer.

can you please help me its so hard,and i just transferred in our school and i didn't know anything about pythagorean theorem.
Answer by Mathtut(3670) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
in order for this to be a true rectangle
sum of the squares of each side, must equal the diagonal squared.
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so
has to be a true statement
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this is not a true statement therefore this is not a true rectangle
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