Answer:
Step-by-step explanation:
The diagonal of this rectangular box serves as the hypotenuse of the 2 right triangles that exist within this rectangle. The length is one leg, the hypotenuse is...well, the hypotenuse, so we need to use Pythagorean's Theorem to find the missing leg.
[tex]10^2=8^2+x^2[/tex] and
[tex]100-64=x^2[/tex] and
[tex]x^2=36[/tex] so
x = 6. The width is 6.
