document.write( "Question 1189572: The perimeter of a rectangle is 68cm. The perimeter of the triangle is 60cm. Find the length of the hypotenuse of the triangle. \n" ); document.write( "

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document.write( "The sum of lengths of two adjacent sides of the rectangle is 68/2 = 34 cm.\r\n" );
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document.write( "It is nothing else as the sum of two legs of the triangle.\r\n" );
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document.write( "THEREFORE, the hypotenuse (which is the diagonal of the rectangle) is\r\n" );
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document.write( "    60 - 34 = 26 cm.    ANSWER\r\n" );
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