SOLUTION: A stereo is in a corner of a 13 ft by 8 ft room. speaker wire will run under a rug, diagonally, to a speaker in the far corner. if 6 feet of slack is required on each end how long

Question 601769: A stereo is in a corner of a 13 ft by 8 ft room. speaker wire will run under a rug, diagonally, to a speaker in the far corner. if 6 feet of slack is required on each end how long a piece of wire should be purchased?
Answer by stanbon(75887) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
A stereo is in a corner of a 13 ft by 8 ft room. speaker wire will run under a rug, diagonally, to a speaker in the far corner. if 6 feet of slack is required on each end how long a piece of wire should be purchased?
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Draw the picture.
You have a 13 by 8 ft rectangle.
Length of the diagonal = sqrt(13^2+8^2) = 15.26 feet
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Adding the slack on each end you get 27.26 feet.
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