SOLUTION: A square piece of cloth, which is 10 meters on a side, is cut across the diagonal to form two right triangles. What is the length of the diagonal cut? A. 20 m B. square-root

Question 838823: A square piece of cloth, which is 10 meters on a side, is cut across the diagonal to form two right triangles. What is the length of the diagonal cut?
A. 20 m
B. square-root 20 m
C. 10 m
D. square-root 200 m
Answer by ewatrrr(24785) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

 

Hi,

A square piece of cloth, which is 10 meters on a side, 

is cut across the diagonal to form two right triangles

What is the length of the diagonal cut? 

 10^2 + 10^2 = d^2

    200 = d^2

  Only positive solution used for unit measure. 

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