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Find the perimeter of a rectangle whose length is 15 cm and length of one diagonal is 17cm

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Answer:

46 cm

Explanation:

first ,we use the Pythagorean theorem to determine the width:

width = √(17^2-15^2) = 8

then

perimeter = 2(width+lengt) = 2(8 + 15) = 2×23 = 46

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