SOLUTION: If the rectangle measures 8 inches diagonally, what do the sides measure?

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Question 571215: If the rectangle measures 8 inches diagonally, what do the sides measure?
Answer by Edwin McCravy(20056) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
That's not enough information.

To show that it isn't, draw a circle with diameter 8:


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Inscribe some rectangles:



All these rectangles have diagonal 8, because the diagonals are 
all diameters of the circle, yet they all have different size sides.

Edwin