SOLUTION: Ms. Mendoza is adding a deck to her home. the deck is rectangular with a length of 7 m and a width of 3 m. She wants to place a diagonal brace underneath the deck. The brace will g

Question 1136280: Ms. Mendoza is adding a deck to her home. the deck is rectangular with a length of 7 m and a width of 3 m. She wants to place a diagonal brace underneath the deck. The brace will go from one corner of the deck to its opposite corner. How long should the brace be? Round to the nearest meter.

Answer by ikleyn(52909) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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 =  = 7.616 meters.

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