document.write( "Question 720543: The length of a rectangle is 16 centimeters, and the diagonal of the rectangle is 20 centimeters long. What is the perimeter of the rectangle? \n" ); document.write( "
Algebra.Com's Answer #441864 by ramsinaaa(9)![]() ![]() ![]() You can put this solution on YOUR website! use pythagorean theorem to solve for the width of the rectangle.\r \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "a^2+b^2=c^2 \n" ); document.write( "16^2+b^2=20^2 \n" ); document.write( "256+b^2=400 \n" ); document.write( "b^2=144 \n" ); document.write( "b=12\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "length=16 width=12\r \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "2(length+width)=perimeter \n" ); document.write( "2(16+12) \n" ); document.write( "2(28) \n" ); document.write( "perimeter=56 \n" ); document.write( " |