SOLUTION: Please answer this word problem: "The length of a rectangle is one more meter longer than its width. Its diagonal is 29 meters. Find the dimensions of the rectangle."

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Question 893394: Please answer this word problem: "The length of a rectangle is one more meter longer than its width. Its diagonal is 29 meters. Find the dimensions of the rectangle."
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Please answer this word problem: "The length of a rectangle is one more meter longer than its width. Its diagonal is 29 meters. Find the dimensions of the rectangle."
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s = length of the short side
d%5E2+=+s%5E2+%2B+%28s%2B1%29%5E2
841+=+2s%5E2+%2B+2s+%2B+1
2s%5E2+%2B+2s+-+840+=+0
s%5E2+%2B+s+-+420+=+0
(s + 21)*(s - 20) = 0
width = 20 meters
length = 21 meters