SOLUTION: A rectangular pool is 21 meters wide and 28 meters long. If you swim diagonally across the pool, how many meters would you be swimming?
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Question 864472: A rectangular pool is 21 meters wide and 28 meters long. If you swim diagonally across the pool, how many meters would you be swimming?
Answer by checkley79(3341) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
YOU HAVE A RIGHT TRIANGLE WITH SIDES 21,28 & X BEING THE DIAGONAL.
21^2+28^2=X^2
441+784=X^2
1,225=X^2
X=SQRT1,225
X=35 ANS. FOR THE DIAGONAL DISTANCE.
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