SOLUTION: Calculate the area of a rectangle if its length is 24cm and one of its diagonals is 74cm

SOLUTION: Calculate the area of a rectangle if its length is 24cm and one of its diagonals is 74cm

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Question 1070884: Calculate the area of a rectangle if its length is 24cm and one of its diagonals is 74cm
Answer by math_helper(2461) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Here the key is to figure out the width. The length is 24cm and a diagonal is 74cm. Fortunately, the diagonal is related to the width and length as follows:

So the width is 70cm (technically width and length are swapped as length is the longer dimension)

Finally, the area = (length) x (width) = 70cm * 24cm =

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