SOLUTION: The width of a rectangle is 6 less than twice its length. If the area of the rectangle is 117cm^2, what is the length of the diagonal? The length of the diagonal is [ ]c

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Question 1200508: The width of a rectangle is 6 less than twice its length. If the area of the rectangle is 117cm^2, what is the length of the diagonal?
The length of the diagonal is [ ]cm.
Give your answer to 2 decimal places.

Answer by josgarithmetic(39631)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
A most typical exercise, answered many many times on the site.

, length L.


discriminant,

L=9.294, width=12.588
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Diagonal,

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