SOLUTION: how do i find the shorter length of a rectangle given the long length at 30 and diagonal as 34?

SOLUTION: how do i find the shorter length of a rectangle given the long length at 30 and diagonal as 34?

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Question 463678: how do i find the shorter length of a rectangle given the long length at 30 and diagonal as 34?
Answer by alicealc(293) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
shorter length = a
longer length = b
diagonal = c
use Phytagoras theorem:

a = 16

so the shorter length = 16
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