document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=195142>Question 195142</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> please help me solve this i've been trying forever. \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "the width of a rectangle is 3 cm less than the length.  if the diagonal of the rectangle is 20 cm., find the width and length to the nearest hundredth.  \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Let <b><i>x</i></b> represent the width, then <b><i>x</i> + 3</b> represents the length, in other words the two legs of the right triangle formed by the diagonal.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "So:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ x^2 + (x + 3)^2 = 20^2\">\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ x^2 + x^2 + 6x + 9 = 400\">\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ 2x^2 + 6x - 391 = 0\">\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Solve the quadratic using the quadratic formula.  Discard the negative root because we are looking for a positive measure of length.  The positive root will be the width.  Add 3 to get the length.  Remember to round to 2 places.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE e^{i\pi} + 1 = 0\"><BR>\n" );
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