SOLUTION: Determine the dimensions (i.e. the length and width) of a rectangle whose diagonal is 25 meters and whose perimeter is 62 meters.

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Question 835808: Determine the dimensions (i.e. the length and width) of a rectangle whose diagonal is 25 meters
and whose perimeter is 62 meters.

Answer by Fombitz(32388)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
1.

2.
From eq. 2,

Substitute into eq. 1,





Two solutions:


Then from eq. 2,


and


then

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