SOLUTION: The sides of a rectangular floor are Xmetres and (X+7)metres.The diagonal is (X+8)metres,calculate the value of X.

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Question 1021922: The sides of a rectangular floor are Xmetres and (X+7)metres.The diagonal is (X+8)metres,calculate the value of X.
Answer by Fombitz(32388)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Use the Pythagorean theorem,




Only the positive solution makes sense here,



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