SOLUTION: Having problem figuring this out: George is building a large model airplane in his workshop. If the door to his workshop is 3 feet wide and 6 1/2 feet high and the airplane has a

Question 1048654: Having problem figuring this out: George is building a large model airplane in his workshop. If the door to his workshop is 3 feet wide and 6 1/2 feet high and the airplane has a wingspan of 7 feet, will George be able to get his airplane out of the workshop?
Answer by josmiceli(19441) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
What they are asking is:
Is the diagonal of the 3 x 6.5 ft2
rectangle greater than 7 ft ?
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Use the pythagorean theorem to find diagonal
of the door

The wingspan of 7 ft will fit through
the door

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