Home Competitions AHSME 1952 Problem 39
If the perimeter of a rectangle is p p p and its diagonal is d d d , the difference between the length and width of the rectangle is:
(A) 8 d 2 − p 2 2 (B) 8 d 2 + p 2 2 (C) 6 d 2 − p 2 2 (D) 6 d 2 + p 2 2 (E) 8 d 2 − p 2 4 \textbf{(A)}\ \frac {\sqrt {8d^2 - p^2}}{2} \textbf{(B)}\ \frac {\sqrt {8d^2 + p^2}}{2} \textbf{(C)}\ \frac{\sqrt{6d^2-p^2}}{2} \\ \textbf{(D)}\ \frac {\sqrt {6d^2 + p^2}}{2} \textbf{(E)}\ \frac {8d^2 - p^2}{4} (A) 2 8 d 2 − p 2 (B) 2 8 d 2 + p 2 (C) 2 6 d 2 − p 2 (D) 2 6 d 2 + p 2 (E) 4 8 d 2 − p 2
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