document.write( "Question 1200508: The width of a rectangle is 6 less than twice its length. If the area of the rectangle is 117cm^2, what is the length of the diagonal?\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"%282L-6%29%2AL=117\", length L.\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"2L%5E2-6L-117=0\"\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "discriminant, \"36%2B4%2A2%2A117=972\"\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"L=%286%2B+sqrt%28972%29%29%2F4\"\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "L=9.294, width=12.588\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Diagonal, \"sqrt%289.294%5E2%2B12.588%5E2%29\"\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"15.647\"\r
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