Given a rectangle with a width of 43 cm and a diagonal 145 cm long, what is its length? Answer: The length is exactly cm. What is the length to the nearest tenth of a cm? Answer: The length is approximately cm.
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The Pythagorean theorem states that in a right triangle, the square of the length of the hypotenuse (the diagonal in this case) is equal to the sum of the squares of the other two sides. So, we have: 145^2 = 43^2 + length^2 21025 = 1849 + length^2 19276 = Show more…
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