document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=261278>Question 261278</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> width of a rectangle is 6 and the diagonal is 10 what is the area?<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #192472 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=Stitch><B>Stitch(470)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-10.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=Stitch><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/nopicture.jpg><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=192472\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> The area of a rectangle is found by multiplying the length by the width.  In your example, only the width was given so we need to find the length.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The Pythagorean theorem states that in any right triagle, <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=A%5E2+%2B+B%5E2+=+C%5E2 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"A%5E2+%2B+B%5E2+=+C%5E2\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
document.write( "Where C is the hypotenuse (or the diagonal)\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "A and B represent the sides of the triangle but it does not matter which one so We will set A = 6 (the given width)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "and C = 10 (hypotenuse)\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The equation: <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=6%5E2+%2B+B%5E2+=+10%5E2%29%0D%0ASimplify+the+equation%0D%0A%7B%7B%7B36+%2B+B%5E2+=+100 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"6%5E2+%2B+B%5E2+=+10%5E2%29%0D%0ASimplify+the+equation%0D%0A%7B%7B%7B36+%2B+B%5E2+=+100\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
document.write( "Subtract 36 from both sides<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Take the square root of both sides<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The length of the retangle is 8\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Now we can find the area of the rectangle:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "A = L * W<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Area = 8 * 6<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Area = 48 square units<BR>\n" );
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