SOLUTION: the length of the sides of a rectangle are 7 and 24 feet. find the lenth of a diagonal of the rectangle

Question 439698: the length of the sides of a rectangle are 7 and 24 feet. find the lenth of a diagonal of the rectangle
Found 2 solutions by richard1234, asuar010:
Answer by richard1234(7193) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Note that the triangle determined by the hypotenuse and the sides of length 7 and 24 is a right triangle, with 7 and 24 as the base and the diagonal as the hypotenuse. Unless you recall the 7-24-25 right triangle, we can solve for the diagonal d using the Pythagorean theorem:

Answer by asuar010(338) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
the length of the diagonal can be found by using the pythagorean theorem... so the set up is so so c=25...
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