SOLUTION: How do you calculate the distance diagonally of a rectangle when the width is 160 ft and the length is 120 ft? I have looked everywhere for this calcualtion and cannot find anythi

Question 221845: How do you calculate the distance diagonally of a rectangle when the width is 160 ft and the length is 120 ft? I have looked everywhere for this calcualtion and cannot find anything. Please help! Thank you!
Answer by josmiceli(19441) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
When you draw the diagonal, you divide the
rectangle into 2 right triangles which are
sharing the diagonal as a common side.
So what you need is the pythagorean theorem

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