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A rectangle’s area is 12cm and its diagonal is 5cm. What are the sides of the rectangle?

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Answer:

The sides of the rectangle are 3cm and 4 cm

Explanation:

A way we can double check this is using the Pythagorean Theorem.

Your diagonal of 5cm is your hypotenuse.

Your sides of 3cm and 4 cm are also part of this equation.

The Pythagorean Theorem is a^2 + b^2 = c^2

Here's the result:

(3)^2 + (4)^2 = (5)^2

9 + 16 = 25

Since this equation is true, we know that our sides of the rectangle are 3cm and 4cm.

Let me know if this helped! :)

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