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Area of rectangle with diagonal of 5 in but length not given

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Draw a rectangle with diagonal 5 in. Inside this rect. are 2 acute triangles of hypotenuse 5. Note that 3^2 + 4^2 = 5^2; thus the width of the rect. is 3 and the length is 4, with the result that the hypo. is sqrt(3^2+4^2), as expected.




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