SOLUTION: What is the length of a diagonal of a rectangle that is 30 cm long and 16 cm wide?

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Question 443385: What is the length of a diagonal of a rectangle that is 30 cm long and 16 cm wide?
Answer by swincher4391(1107)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
A diagonal through a rectangle cuts the rectangle into two equivalent triangles.
We can solve either one.
Recall the pythagorean theorem:




The diagonal is 34cm.

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