SOLUTION: a rectangle with perimeter 16 has a diagonal of 2radical10. find the length of the longer side of the rectangle

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Question 944377: a rectangle with perimeter 16 has a diagonal of 2radical10. find the length of the longer side of the rectangle
Answer by Fombitz(32388)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!


and


From eq. 1,



Substituting,




So then,


Then,


and


and


The rectangle is 6 x 2.
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