SOLUTION: how would you draw this out: find the area of a rectangle which has one side of 8 cm and whose diagonal is 10 cm?

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Question 587488: how would you draw this out: find the area of a rectangle which has one side of 8 cm and whose diagonal is 10 cm?
Answer by richwmiller(17219) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Pythagorean theorem
a^2+b^2=c^2
a=8
c=10
find b and then get a*b