document.write( "Question 318499: The area of a rectangle is 100 square cm. If a square is built using a diagonal of this rectangle as one of its sides, the square has area 700 square cm. What is the perimeter of the rectangle? \n" ); document.write( "
Algebra.Com's Answer #227958 by mananth(16946)![]() ![]() You can put this solution on YOUR website! length of rectangle= x \n" ); document.write( "widthof rectangle =y \n" ); document.write( "area = xy =100 \n" ); document.write( ".. \n" ); document.write( "diagonal = sqrt(x^2+y^2) \n" ); document.write( "side of square = Sqrt(x^2+y^2) \n" ); document.write( "Area =sqrt(x^2+y^2)*sqrt(x^2+y^2) \n" ); document.write( "x^2+y^2=700 \n" ); document.write( "add 2xy to both sides \n" ); document.write( "x^2+2xy+y^2=700+2xy \n" ); document.write( "(x+y)^2=700+2xy \n" ); document.write( "(x+y)^2=700+200 \n" ); document.write( "(x+y)^2=900 \n" ); document.write( "x+y=30 \n" ); document.write( "Perimeter = 2(x+y) \n" ); document.write( "perimeter = 2*30=60 sq.cm \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " |