SOLUTION: Can I get help with this one, I ended up getting a square root as my answer. Consider ▭MNPQ with diagonals MP and NQ. If MQ = 15 and MN = 36, find NQ and MP

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Question 1193120: Can I get help with this one, I ended up getting a square root as my answer.
Consider ▭MNPQ with diagonals
MP and NQ.
If MQ = 15
and MN = 36,
find NQ and MP
Found 2 solutions by josgarithmetic, MathTherapy:
Answer by josgarithmetic(39618)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Little symbol is for "rectangle"?

If it is rectangle then you made a computation mistake somewhere.
NQ=39.
Answer by MathTherapy(10552)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!


Can I get help with this one, I ended up getting a square root as my answer.
Consider ▭MNPQ with diagonals
MP and NQ.
If MQ = 15
and MN = 36,
find NQ and MP
Draw the diagram.
NQ, besides being one of the diagonals of this rectangle, is also the hypotenuse of right-triangle MNQ, 
which contains legs MN and MQ. 

With legs MN and MQ being 36 and 15 respectively, hypotenuse NQ is the hypotenuse of the PYTHAG. TRIPLE,
5-12-13, times 3, or 3(5):3(12):3(13) = 15:36:39

Hypotenuse NQ (diagonal NQ) = diagonal MP = 39 units.

Don't you think it'd have been a good idea to show your work so it could be determined where you went wrong?
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