SOLUTION: If the diagonal of a rectangle is 17 in. and the width is 8 in. How are you supposed to find the length?

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Question 190396: If the diagonal of a rectangle is 17 in. and the width is 8 in. How are you supposed to find the length?
Answer by josmiceli(19441)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
The length, width, and diagonal
make up a right triangle. The formula is:
, where
in
in





The length is 15 in

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