SOLUTION: 'In rectangle ABCD, two consecutive sides and the diagonal are all consecutive integers. Find the area of the rectangle.'
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Question 286982: 'In rectangle ABCD, two consecutive sides and the diagonal are all consecutive integers. Find the area of the rectangle.'
This is the question on my homework and I have no idea how to solve it- could you please help me? Answer by richwmiller(17219) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! sides 3,4,diagonal 5
the area is 12
pythagorean triplets
a^2+(a+1)^2=(a+2)^2
a=-1 and
discard negative answer
a=3
