SOLUTION: The perimeter of a rectangle is 26 and its diagonal is √97. Find its length and width.
I need help setting this up. Thank you in advance.
Algebra.Com
Question 963991: The perimeter of a rectangle is 26 and its diagonal is √97. Find its length and width.
I need help setting this up. Thank you in advance.
Answer by josgarithmetic(39621) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
x and y, the dimensions.
, for perimeter information.
This simplifies to .
Diagonal, .
Square both sides,
and make a substitution for either variable.
-
Since either x or y could stand for either dimension, the two dimensions' sizes
are 4 and 9.
RELATED QUESTIONS
The perimeter of a rectangle is 70 and its diagonal is 25. Find its length and width.... (answered by MathLover1)
The perimeter of a rectangle is 28 and its diagonal is 10. Find its length and... (answered by bucky)
Find the length and width of a rectangle if its length is thrice its width and its... (answered by nerdybill)
the width of a rectangle is 119 and its diagonal is 169. find its... (answered by swincher4391)
The area of a rectangle is 36 and its perimeter is 26. Find its dimensions and... (answered by FrankM)
The length of a rectangle is 4cm longer than its width.
If the perimeter of the... (answered by MathLover1)
The length of a rectangle is 7.6 cm more than 3 times the width. If the perimeter of the... (answered by unlockmath)
If the perimeter of a rectangle is 26 ft and the width is 10 ft find its... (answered by jim_thompson5910)
Find the length of a rectangle if a diagonal is 36ft and its width is... (answered by Fombitz)