SOLUTION: The area of a rectangle is 12sq. units and the diagonal of the rectangle has a length of 2 then the square root and underneath that is a 10. Find the perimeter of the rectangle?

Question 273089: The area of a rectangle is 12sq. units and the diagonal of the rectangle has a length of 2 then the square root and underneath that is a 10. Find the perimeter of the rectangle?
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The area of a rectangle is 12sq. units and the diagonal of the rectangle has a length of 2 then the square root and underneath that is a 10.
Find the perimeter of the rectangle?
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Area = 12 sq/units; Diagonal =
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Find legs of the right triangle; a^2 + b^2 = c^2
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square both sides
L^2 + W^2 = 40
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The area equation
L*W = 12
L = ; for substitution below
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+ W^2 = 40
+ W^2 = 40
multiply equation by W^2
144 + W^4 = 40W^2
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A quadratic equation
W^4 - 40W^2 + 144 = 0
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this will factor
(W^2 - 36)(W^2 - 4) = 0
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Two solutions
W^2 = 36
W = 6, call this one the length
and
W^2 = 4
W = 2, the width
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P = 2(6) + 2(2)
P = 12 + 4
P = 16 units is the perimeter
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A = 6*2 = 12 confirm using the area
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