SOLUTION: If the diagonal of a rectangle is 169 and one side is 156, What is the length of the other side?

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Question 34214: If the diagonal of a rectangle is 169 and one side is 156, What is the length of the other side?
Answer by sarah_adam(201) About Me  (Show Source):
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The diagonal of rectangle divides the rectangle into two right angled triangles
Here we have hypotenuse as diagonal as 169
and length of one side aas 156
x%5E2%2By%5E2 = z%5E2
%28156%29%5E2%2By%5E2 = %28169%29%5E2
y%5E2 = %28169%29%5E2+-+%28159%29%5E2
y%5E2 = 28651 - 24336 = 4225
Y%5E2 = 4225
y = sqrt%284225%29
y = 65 units
the length of another side of rectangle is 65 units