SOLUTION: A student designed a rectangular flag for a school project. The diagonal distance is 5ft. What is the perimeter of the flag?

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Question 961597: A student designed a rectangular flag for a school project. The diagonal distance is 5ft. What is the perimeter of the flag?
Answer by josgarithmetic(39617) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Not enough. Do you understand why?

x and y rectangle dimensions.
diagonal of these x and y is 5 feet.
x%5E2%2By%5E2=5%5E2

Two unknown variables and just one equation.
Perimeter is yet one more unknown variable, depending on the values of x and y both of which are unknown. Perimeter would be 2x%2B2y.