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Please !!!!!

The diagonal of a
rectangle is 8 cm
long and the height
of the rectangle is 5
cm. Find the width of
the rectangle:

Please !!!!! The diagonal of a rectangle is 8 cm long and the height of the rectangle-example-1
User Allloush
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Use Pythagorean theorem.

5^2 + x^2 = 8^2
25 + x^2 = 64
X^2 = 39
X = sqrt39
User Oliver Leung
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