SOLUTION: What are the dimensions of a rectangle if the diagonal’s length is 13 inches and the area is 60 in ² ?

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Question 477807: What are the dimensions of a rectangle if the diagonal’s length is 13 inches and the area is 60 in ² ?

Answer by Alan3354(69443)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
It's 5 by 12. It's the most popular right triangle after the 3, 4, 5 one.
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You can work it the hard way:

a*b = 60
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b = 60/a




etc

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