SOLUTION: you have a rectangle that 10 m wide and 24 m long how long is the diagonal?

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Question 553062: you have a rectangle that 10 m wide and 24 m long
how long is the diagonal?
Answer by jim_thompson5910(35256)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
a^2 + b^2 = c^2

10^2 + 24^2 = c^2

100 + 576 = c^2

676 = c^2

c^2 = 676

c = sqrt(676)

c = 26


So the diagonal is 26 m long
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