document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=134498>Question 134498</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> The Length of a rectangle is 1 ft more than its width and 1 ft less than the length of a diagonal. Find the length of the diagonal in simplest radical form. </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #98381 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=edjones><B>edjones(8007)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=edjones><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/cgi-bin/show-face.mpl?user=edjones><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=98381\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> We have a right triangle with the diagonal the hypotenuse.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "a^2+b^2=c^2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Let the length be \"a\".<BR>\n" );
document.write( "a=b+1<BR>\n" );
document.write( "c=a+1=b+2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(b+1)^2+b^2=(b+2)^2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "b^2+2b+1+b^2=b^2+4b+4<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2b^2+2b+1=b^2+4b+4<BR>\n" );
document.write( "b^2-2b-3=0 Subtract the right side from the left.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(b-3)(b+1)=0<BR>\n" );
document.write( "b=3<BR>\n" );
document.write( "b+2=5' Ans. </SPAN>\n" );
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