SOLUTION: The diagonal of a rectangle is √96. Its length is 9. Find the side of a square having the same area as that of the given rectangle
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Question 936408: The diagonal of a rectangle is √96. Its length is 9. Find the side of a square having the same area as that of the given rectangle
Answer by srinivas.g(540) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
diagonal of rectangle (d) =
length(l)= 9
side (b)= ? (unknown )
as Pythagorean theorem
move 81 to the left
apply square root on both sides, to get b
3.87 =b
width (b) =3.87
area of rectangle = length *side
= 9*3.87
=34.85
area of rectangle = area of square
let x be the side of square
area of square =
side of square = 5.9
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