SOLUTION: Given: The area of the rectangle is 14cm2.
The width of a rectangle is 5 more than the length.
Find: The diagonal of the rectangle
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The width of a rectangle is 5 more than the length.
Find: The diagonal of the rectangle
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Question 1026398: Given: The area of the rectangle is 14cm2.
The width of a rectangle is 5 more than the length.
Find: The diagonal of the rectangle Answer by addingup(3677) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! length: x
width: x+5
x*x+5 = 14
x^2 = 9
x = 3 this is the length
x+5 = 3+5 = 8 is the width
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3^2+8^2 = diagonal^2
9+64 = 73 take the square root
sqrt 73 = 8.54 is the diagonal
