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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "The length of a rectangle is 1 cm longer than it's width. If the diagonal of the rectangle is 4 cm, what are the dimensions (length and width) of the rectangle?
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\n" ); document.write( "The length \"L\" of a rectangle is \"1+cm\" longer than it's width \"W\"\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "=>…..\"L+=+W+%2B+1cm\"\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "the diagonal \"d\" of the rectangle is \"4+cm\"\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "find: \"L\" and \"W\"\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "use Pythagorean Theorem \r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"d%5E2+=+L%5E2+%2B+W%5E2\"\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"%284+cm+%29%5E2+=+%28W+%2B+1cm+%29%5E2+%2B+W%5E2\"\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"%284+cm+%29%5E2+=+W%5E2+%2B+2W+%2B+1cm%5E2+%2B+W%5E2\"\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"16cm%5E2+=+2W%5E2+%2B+2W+%2B+1cm%5E2+\"\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"+2W%5E2+%2B+2W+%2B+1cm%5E2+-+16cm%5E2+=+0+\"\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"+2W%5E2+%2B+2W+-+15cm%5E2+=+0+\"\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"+W+%5B1%2C2%5D=%28-2+%2B-+sqrt+%282%5E2+-4%2A2%2A%28-+15%29+%29%29+%2F+%282%2A2%29\"\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"+W+%5B1%2C2%5D=%28-2+%2B-+sqrt+%284+%2B+120+%29%29+%2F+4\"\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"+W+%5B1%2C2%5D=%28-2+%2B-+sqrt+%28124+%29%29+%2F+4\"\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"+W+%5B1%2C2%5D=%28-2+%2B-+11.14%29+%2F+4\"………you need only positive root\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"+W+%5B1%5D=%28-2+%2B+11.14%29+%2F+4\"\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"+W+%5B1%5D=+9.14+%2F+4\"\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"+W+%5B1%5D=+2.285\"\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"+W+%5B1%5D=+2.28cm\"\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "=>…..\"L+=+W+%2B+1cm\"\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "=>…..\"L+=+3.28cm\"\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"%284+cm+%29%5E2+=+%283.28cm%29%5E2+%2B+%282.28cm%29%5E2\"\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"16cm%5E2+=+10.75cm%5E2+%2B+5.19cm%5E2\"\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"16cm%5E2+=+15.94+cm%5E2\"\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"16cm%5E2+=+16+cm%5E2\"\r
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