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document.write( "Darla is building a new desk. To make sure she had made a square corner, she measure 5 feet from the corner along one edge and 8 feet feet from the corner along the other edge. How long should the diagnonal be between those two points if the corner is a right angle.
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document.write( "Diagonal ? feet \n" );
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Algebra.Com's Answer #236832 by edjones(8007)![]() ![]() You can put this solution on YOUR website! a=8, b=5 \n" ); document.write( "a^2+b^2=c^2 \n" ); document.write( "8^2+5^2 \n" ); document.write( "=64+25 \n" ); document.write( "=89 \n" ); document.write( "sqrt(89)=9.43' length of diagonal. \n" ); document.write( ". \n" ); document.write( "Ed \n" ); document.write( " |