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Question from Tabatha, a student: The diagonals of a rectangle are 8 units long and intersect at a 60 degree angle. Find the dimensions of the rectangle. |
Hi Tabatha,
I can get you started.
By the symmetry of the rectangle |AB| = |BC| so triangle ABC is an isosceles triangle. The measure of angle ABC is 60o. What are the measures of angles BCA and CAB? What is the length of CA?
Penny
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