What might a rectangle R look like, the lengths of the sides of which are rational numbers, and the length of the diagonal is irrational?

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2022-12-20

What might a rectangle R look like, the lengths of the sides of which are rational numbers, and the length of the diagonal is irrational?

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Again as above concert, A C 2 = A B 2 + B C 2
A C 2 = 256 + 576 = 882
A C = 8 13 Which is irrational.
Since, it contains a root term

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