SOLUTION: What is the area of a rectangle with the long side length equal to 10 and the diagonal equal to 12?

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Question 412100: What is the area of a rectangle with the long side length equal to 10 and the diagonal equal to 12?
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Use the Pythagorean Theorem to determine the width of the rectangle.



Then multiply the length times the width to get the area.



Leave in radical terms for an exact answer, or use your calculator for a numeric approximation.


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