SOLUTION: a carpenter wants to build a diagonal brace for a gate that is 2mwide and 3 m high.Find the length of the brace to the nearest tenth of meter.

Question 216505: a carpenter wants to build a diagonal brace for a gate that is 2mwide and 3 m high.Find the length of the brace to the nearest tenth of meter.
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A carpenter wants to build a diagonal brace for a gate that is 2 m wide and 3 m high. Find the length of the brace to the nearest tenth of meter.

Step 1. Use the Pythagorean Theorem: The sum of the square of the legs (2 and 3) is equal to the sum of the square of the hypotenuse d(or diagonal in this case).

Step 2. Then, or

Step 3. Taking the square root to both sides of the equation yields

Step 4. Each diagonal brace has a length of m.

I hope the above steps were helpful.

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Respectfully,
Dr J

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