Draw a rectangle whose one side measures 8 cm and the length of each of whose diagonals is 10 cm.

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Philoid · Accepted Answer

Steps of construction:

(i) Draw a lien segment AB of length 8 cm

(ii) From point ‘A’ draw an arc of length 10 cm.

(iii) From point B draw an angle of 90°, and the arc from point A cuts it at point C.

(iv) Join Ac

(v) From point A draw an angle of 90° and point C drawn an arc of length 8 cm to get point D.

(vi) Join CD and AD to get required rectangle.