>> Given the miniscule difference, I don't think that has much to do with
>> it. (I am, however, baffled as to why there's an area difference at 
>> all...)
> 
> You're baffled as to why two different rectangles with different side 
> lengths but equivalent diagonals have different areas?

Yes. I was under the impression that the square of the diagonal was 
equal to the sum of the squares of the sides, which _should_ mean that 
as one side gets shorter, the other side gets longer by exactly the same 
amount, holding the area constant.

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