SOLUTION: A carpenter is framing a wall that is 8 feet high and 15 feet long. If the carpenter wants to be sure that the sides of the wall meet at right angles, then what should the diagonal

Question 952181: A carpenter is framing a wall that is 8 feet high and 15 feet long. If the carpenter wants to be sure that the sides of the wall meet at right angles, then what should the diagonal measurement of the wall be?
Answer by Alan3354(69443) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
A carpenter is framing a wall that is 8 feet high and 15 feet long. If the carpenter wants to be sure that the sides of the wall meet at right angles, then what should the diagonal measurement of the wall be?
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It's should be the hypotenuse of the right triangle.
Use Pythagoras to find the length.
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