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What is the area of a rectangle whose length is 12 and whose diagonal is 13?

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Answer: 60

Explanation: A=wl
d= square root of w^2 +l^2

Solving for A:

A=l square root of d^2-l^2= 12* square root of 13^2- 12^2=60

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Answer: draw the rectangle. you can see that the diagonal will then be the hypotenuse of a right triangle

Step-by-step explanation:

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