SOLUTION: a rectangle is 2.8 cm wide and the lenght of each diagonals is 5.3 cm calculate the lenght of the rectangle

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Question 1079430: a rectangle is 2.8 cm wide and the lenght of each diagonals is 5.3 cm calculate the lenght of the rectangle
Answer by MathLover1(20849)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

if a rectangle has and , and we know that diagonal divides rectangle into two right angle triangles, use Pythagorean theorem to calculate the lenght of the rectangle


....substitute given values for and





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