A rectangle is 30 inches long. The diagonal is 50 inches how wide is the rectangle?
2 answers:
Answer:
40
Step-by-step explanation: A rectangle is a quadralaterial with 4 90 degree angles made up of two diagonals. If we draw one diagonal, it would split the rectangles into two right triangles. Since a rectangle has a right angle, we can use pythagorean theorem to solve the missing side.
where a and b are the length and widith and c is the diagonal length. Let plug it in
900+=2500
40
b=40
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