document.write( "Question 356353: Given rectangle WXYZ, diagonal WY=x-2 and diagonal XZ= sqrt (x). Then find x and the length of the diagonals of Rectangle WXYZ.\r
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document.write( "Hi,
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document.write( "*Note: the two diagonals for the rectangle have equal lengths.
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document.write( "questions states
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document.write( "squaring both sides
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document.write( "(x-2)(x-2)= x
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document.write( "simplify and solve
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document.write( "(x-4)(x-1) = 0
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document.write( "x = 4
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document.write( "x = 1 \n" );
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