SOLUTION: Diagonal brace. The width of a rectangular gate is 2 meters (m) larger than its height. The diagonal brace measures√6m. Find the width and height.

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Answer by jojo14344(1513) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
In a rectangle, the one side is always longer than the other.
We mark "x"= height.
And the other side is 2m longer than this, so "x+2m"=the longer side (accdg. to your problem is the width).
Since we have a brace of , go by Pyth. Theorem to solve the other sides.

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By quadratic,

Solved by pluggable solver: SOLVE quadratic equation with variable

Quadratic equation (in our case ) has the following solutons:

For these solutions to exist, the discriminant should not be a negative number.

First, we need to compute the discriminant : .

Discriminant d=8 is greater than zero. That means that there are two solutions: .

Quadratic expression can be factored:

Again, the answer is: 0.414213562373095, -2.41421356237309. Here's your graph:

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Thank you,
Jojo

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SOLUTION: Diagonal brace. The width of a rectangular gate is 2 meters (m) larger than its height. The diagonal brace measures&#8730;6m. Find the width and height.

SOLUTION: Diagonal brace. The width of a rectangular gate is 2 meters (m) larger than its height. The diagonal brace measures√6m. Find the width and height.