SOLUTION: The length of one side of a rectangle as 6cm and diagonal as 10cm. What is its width? What theorem we apply to find it?

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Question 1095155: The length of one side of a rectangle as 6cm and diagonal as 10cm. What is its width? What theorem we apply to find it?
Answer by ikleyn(52780) About Me  (Show Source):
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We apply the Pythagorean theorem:


width = sqrt%2810%5E2+-+6%5E2%29 = sqrt%28100-36%29 = sqrt%2864%29 = 8 cm.