SOLUTION: The width of a rectangle is 3 feet, and the diagonal is 5 feet. What is the area of the rectangle?

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Question 314959: The width of a rectangle is 3 feet, and the diagonal is 5 feet. What is the area of the rectangle?
Answer by malaydassharma(59) About Me  (Show Source):
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By Pythogorus Theorem,
the length of the recangle is
sqrt%285%5E2-3%5E2%29
=sqrt%2816%29
=4
Hence, the area is 4X3=12 sq ft