SOLUTION: The length of the rectangle is 8cm & and each diagonal measures 10cm.Find the breadth.

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Question 763373: The length of the rectangle is 8cm & and each diagonal measures 10cm.Find the breadth.
Answer by Cromlix(4381) About Me  (Show Source):
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Pythagoras
Right angled triangle.
Upright = length = 8cm
Hypotenuse = diagonal = 10cm
10^2 - 8^2 = breadth^2
36 = breadth^2
breadth = sqrt%2836%29
breadth = 6cm
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