SOLUTION: 60. Rectangular stage. One side of a rectangular stage is 2 meters longer than the other. If the diagonal is 10 meters, when what are the lengths of the sides.
X + 2m
Let x be
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X + 2m
Let x be
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Question 57976: 60. Rectangular stage. One side of a rectangular stage is 2 meters longer than the other. If the diagonal is 10 meters, when what are the lengths of the sides.
X + 2m
Let x be the length of one side.Therefore the other side's length is x+2. Given diagonal=10m.Therefore
10^2=x^2+(x+2)^2
100=2x^2+4x+4
2x^2+4x-96=0
x^2+2x-48=0
(x-6)(x+8)=0
x-6=0,x+8=0
x=6,x=-8
x=-8 is absurd.Therefore x=6
hence the lengths are 6m & 8m
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