document.write( "Question 1079430: a rectangle is 2.8 cm wide and the lenght of each diagonals is 5.3 cm calculate the lenght of the rectangle \n" ); document.write( "
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "if a rectangle has \"W=2.8cm\" and \"d=5.3cm\", and we know that diagonal divides rectangle into two right angle triangles, use Pythagorean theorem to calculate the lenght of the rectangle \"L\"\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"d%5E2=L%5E2%2BW%5E2\"\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"L%5E2=d%5E2-W%5E2\"\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"L=sqrt%28d%5E2-W%5E2%29\"....substitute given values for \"d\" and \"W\"\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"L=sqrt%28%285.3cm%29%5E2-%282.8cm%29%5E2%29\"\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"L=sqrt%2828.09cm%5E2-7.84cm%5E2%29\"\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"L=sqrt%2820.25cm%5E2%29\"\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"L=4.5cm\"\r
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