SOLUTION: find the length of the diagonals of a rectangle whose length is 12 and whose width is 5.

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Question 782749: find the length of the diagonals of a rectangle whose length is 12 and whose width is 5.
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The diagonal of a rectangle is the hypotenuse of a right triangle where the length and width of the rectangle are the legs of the triangle. Use Pythagoras.

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