SOLUTION: You have a 20-ft cord on your electric guitar from your speaker in the corner of your garage. If the garage is 17 ft wide and 12 ft long, can the cord reach the opposite corner? Ex

Question 933478: You have a 20-ft cord on your electric guitar from your speaker in the corner of your garage. If the garage is 17 ft wide and 12 ft long, can the cord reach the opposite corner? Explain please.
Found 2 solutions by josgarithmetic, rfer:
Answer by josgarithmetic(39618) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
From corner to opposite corner is hypotenuse between the two sides at any corner, so Pythagorean Theorem. Do This!
Answer by rfer(16322) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
17^2+12^2=433
sqrt433=20.8 ft needed
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