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Find the Area of a rectangle whose width is 16 inches and diagonal is 20 inches?

What are the dimensions of the rectangle? Show your work and explain how you got your answer in complete sentences.

Find the Area of a rectangle whose width is 16 inches and diagonal is 20 inches? What-example-1
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Pythagorean’s theorem. 16^2+b^2=20^2
b=12
Area is 12x16=192
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