document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1152871>Question 1152871</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> The longer side of a rectangle is four times the length of the shorter sides. If the diagonal is 17 cm long, find the dimensions of the rectangle.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "W = width<BR>\n" );
document.write( "L = length = 4W<BR>\n" );
document.write( "D = diagonal = 17\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Using the pythagorean theorem, we find that,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "a^2 + b^2 = c^2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "L^2 + W^2 = D^2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(4W)^2 + W^2 = 17^2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "16W^2 + W^2 = 289<BR>\n" );
document.write( "17W^2 = 289<BR>\n" );
document.write( "17W^2 = 289<BR>\n" );
document.write( "W^2 = 289/17 ... divide both sides by 17<BR>\n" );
document.write( "W^2 = 17<BR>\n" );
document.write( "W = sqrt(17) ... apply square root to both sides<BR>\n" );
document.write( "4W = 4sqrt(17) ... multiply both sides  by 4<BR>\n" );
document.write( "L = 4sqrt(17)\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Answer:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The exact dimensions of the rectangle are: <font color=red size=4>4sqrt(17) cm</font> by <font color=red size=4>sqrt(17) cm</font> cm\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The approximate dimensions of the rectangle are: <font color=red size=4>16.492 cm</font> by <font color=red size=4>4.123 cm</font>\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "since,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "sqrt(17) = 4.123<BR>\n" );
document.write( "4sqrt(17) = 16.492<BR>\n" );
document.write( "approximately<BR>\n" );
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