The length of a rectangle is 5/6 ft. The width is 3/8 ft.How much greater is the length of the rectangle than the width? Express
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Answer:
Step-by-step explanation:
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A right triangle is considered so when one of its corners are 90°.
If sides a and b are equal in length, then the corners across from them are equal in size as well.
The only way for this to be possible is if both corners A and B(opposite of sides a and b) are 45°.
Pythagorean theorem
This theorem states that the square of a right triangle's long side is equal to the sum of the squares of the shorter sides.
In this case:
but since:
the equation can be solved by replacing a with b in the equation:
