SOLUTION: What is the length of the diagonal of a nonregulation tennis court with length 20 feet and width 15 feet?
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Question 750012: What is the length of the diagonal of a nonregulation tennis court with length 20 feet and width 15 feet?
Answer by FrankM(1040) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
The classic pythagorean triangle is 3,4,5 a 3 unit side connected to a 4 unit side and a 5 unit hypotenuse.
15, 20 is a 3 to 4 ratio, 3*5, then 4*5, the remaining side, the diagonal, is 5*5 or 25.
3^2+4^2=5^2 and
15^2+20^2=25^2
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