document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1054929>Question 1054929</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> A rectangular lawn of length (x+5) metres is (x-2) metres wide. if the diagonal is (x+6) find the value of x and the area of the lawn? </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #670134 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=Boreal><B>Boreal(15235)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=Boreal><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/cgi-bin/show-face.mpl?user=Boreal><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=670134\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Length,width,and diagonal of a rectangle are a right triangle with the diagonal the hypotenuse. The sum of the squares of the sides equals the square of the diagonal.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(x+5)^2+(x-2)^2=(x+6)^2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x^2+10x+25+x^2-4x+4=x^2+12x+36<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2x^2+6x+29=x^2+12x+36<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x^2-6x-7=0<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(x-7)(x+1)=0<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x=7; other route is not valid.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "The triangle is a 5,12,13 triangle, units in meters.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "The length is 12m, the width 5m, and the area 60 m^2. </SPAN>\n" );
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