SOLUTION: find the dimensions of a racttangle whose area is 15 feet and whose diagonal is 34 feet

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Question 1042565: find the dimensions of a racttangle whose area is 15 feet and whose diagonal is 34 feet
Answer by chen.aavaz(62) About Me  (Show Source):
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Let a and b be the sides of the rectangle and d the diagonal.
Then a*b=15 and
sqrt%28a%5E2%2Bb%5E2%29=34
a=15%2Fb
sqrt%28%2815%2Fb%29%5E2%2Bb%5E2%29=34
sqrt%28%2815%5E2%2Fb%5E2%29%2Bb%5E2%29=34

I believe something must be wrong with the numbers.