SOLUTION: The sides of a rectangle are in the ratio 2:1.The length of each diagonal of this rectangle is 23cm.Find area of the rectangle.

Question 882589: The sides of a rectangle are in the ratio 2:1.The length of each diagonal of this rectangle is 23cm.Find area of the rectangle.
Found 2 solutions by josgarithmetic, MathTherapy:
Answer by josgarithmetic(39617) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
The diagonal is the hypotenuse of right triangle using the given rectangle sides.
2:1, .

-----you could actually use this to finish the solution

, and you can say the other side length,

Area of the rectangle is
Answer by MathTherapy(10552) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

The sides of a rectangle are in the ratio 2:1.The length of each diagonal of this rectangle is 23cm.Find area of the rectangle.

Area of rectangle:
Then do the check!!
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