SOLUTION: if the length of the diagonal of a rectangle is 10 and the width is 6, what is the perimeter of the rectangle ?

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Question 466948: if the length of the diagonal of a rectangle is 10 and the width is 6, what is the perimeter of the rectangle ?
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The length of the rectangle can be computed by using the Pythagorean theorem:
sqrt%2810%5E2+-+6%5E2%29+=+sqrt%2864%29+=+8.
Hence the perimeter of the rectangle is 2(6 + 8) = 2*14 = 28.