document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=262595>Question 262595</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> a rectangle is 13 centimeters wide and 18 centimeters long. how long is its diagonal? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "The diagonal is the hypotenuse of a right triangle with sides 13 and 18. If D is the diagonal, then by the Pythagorean Theorem we know that:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "13^2 + 18^2 = D^2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "169 + 324 = D^2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "D = SQRT(593) </SPAN>\n" );
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