SOLUTION: "If the sides of a rectangle are 12 and 15, then the diagonal is ___________ _."

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Question 602996: "If the sides of a rectangle are 12 and 15, then the diagonal is _____________."

Answer by asuar010(338) About Me  (Show Source):
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use the ythagorean theorem to solve this problem and we obtain 12^2+15^2=169 and sqrt(169) is 19.2