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Find the perimeter.
15 ft
25 ft
if the 25ft is diagonal in a rectangle

User Afflatus
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Answer:

P=70ft

Explanation:

25^2-15^2=400
Sqrt400=20

2l+2w=P

40+30=70

User Damdafayton
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Using Pythagorean theorem,
Let c=25 & b=15.
Therefore a=20


Perimeter is 2l+2w, and since a=20&b=15 are the length and width, we can plug that into the formula to get

70 ft

Hope this helped :)
User Deividi Silva
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