SOLUTION: Mr. Alvarez wants to make a gate that is three feet wide and five feet high.he needs to cut a board to nail across the diagonal of the gate. How long a board does he need?

SOLUTION: Mr. Alvarez wants to make a gate that is three feet wide and five feet high.he needs to cut a board to nail across the diagonal of the gate. How long a board does he need?

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Question 1074909: Mr. Alvarez wants to make a gate that is three feet wide and five feet high.he needs to cut a board to nail across the diagonal of the gate. How long a board does he need?
Answer by Boreal(15235) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
The board is the hypotenuse of a right triangle
It's squared distance equals the sums of 3^2 and 5^2= 34
The board has to be sqrt (34) feet long, or 5.83 feet.
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