document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=865836>Question 865836</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> how to find out the length of sides of an rectangle if the diagonal is given 15 cm and the perimeter is given 42 cm </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #521877 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=josgarithmetic><B>josgarithmetic(39617)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=josgarithmetic><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/nopicture.jpg><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=521877\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> x and y, the sides.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=2%28x%2By%29=42 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"2%28x%2By%29=42\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > accounts for perimeter.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=x%5E2%2By%5E2=15%5E2 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"x%5E2%2By%5E2=15%5E2\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > accounts for diagonal using Pythagorean Theorem - knowledge about rectangles.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=%28x-12%29%28x-9%29=0 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"%28x-12%29%28x-9%29=0\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
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document.write( "DIMENSIONS OF THE RECTANGLE:  9 and 12. </SPAN>\n" );
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