document.write( "Question 834862: The length of the diagonal of a rectangle is square root of 40. If one side is four units longer than the other what are the lengths of both sides? \n" ); document.write( "
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The length of the diagonal of a rectangle is square root of 40. If one side is four units longer than the other what are the lengths of both sides?
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\n" ); document.write( "shorter side:: x
\n" ); document.write( "other side:::: x+4
\n" ); document.write( "diagonal:: sqrt(40)
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\n" ); document.write( "Equation:
\n" ); document.write( "x^2 + (x+4)^2 = 40
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\n" ); document.write( "x^2 + x^2+8x = 40-16
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\n" ); document.write( "2x^2 + 8x - 24 = 0
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\n" ); document.write( "x^2 + 4x - 12 = 0
\n" ); document.write( "Factor:
\n" ); document.write( "(x+6)(x-2) = 0
\n" ); document.write( "Positive solution:
\n" ); document.write( "shorter side:: x = 2
\n" ); document.write( "other:: x+4 = 6\r
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\n" ); document.write( "Stan H.
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