SOLUTION: Find the length of each diagonal of a rectangle whose dimensions are 33 cm by 56 cm.

Question 312489: Find the length of each diagonal of a rectangle whose dimensions are 33 cm by 56 cm.
Answer by solver91311(24713) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

Either diagonal of a rectangle is the hypotenuse of a right triangle where the legs are the length and width of the rectangle.

For your rectangle, where

is the measure of the diagonal:

Congratulations! You get to do your own arithmetic. Or save yourself some effort and look up a list of Pythagorean Triples -- see if you can find one where the legs are 33 and 56.

John

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