document.write( "Question 989471: How to find the area of a rectangle whose length is 12 and whose diagonal is 13? \n" ); document.write( "
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\n" ); document.write( "a diagonal divides a rectangle in two right angle triangles; so, use Pythagorean theorem\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( " if the length is \"L=12\" and whose diagonal is \"d=13\", than the width \"W\" will be\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"W%5E2=d%5E2-L%5E2\"\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"W%5E2=13%5E2-12%5E2\"\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"W%5E2=169-144\"\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"W%5E2=25\"\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"W=sqrt%2825%29\"\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"highlight%28W=5%29\"\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "so, the length is \"L=12\" and the width is \"W=5\"\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "the area will be: \"A=L%2AW\"\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"A=12%2A5\"\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"A=60\"\r
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