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How long are the sides of a rectangle if its diagonal is 13 inches long and its perimeter is 34 inches?​

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if doing pythagorean theorem, 34 squared is 1,156. 13 squared is 169.

1156 - 169 = 987 and the square root of 987 is roughly 31.4.

therefore the side length is 31.4 inches

hope this helps unless i did it completely wrong then sorry
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