document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=183956>Question 183956</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> The length of a rectangle is 3 feet more than twice its width, and 2 feet less than a diagonal's length.  Find the length of the diagonal in simplest radical form. </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Let width = W.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Then Length = \"2W+3\"<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Equation:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "diagonal^2 = leg^2 + leg^2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "d^2 = x^2 + (2x+3)^2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "d^2 = x^2 + 4x^2 + 12x + 9<BR>\n" );
document.write( "d^2 = 5x^2 + 12x + 9<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "d = sqrt(5x^2+12x+9)<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Cheers,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Stan H.<BR>\n" );
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