document.write( "Question 941144: If a carpenter wants to be sure that the corner of a building is square and measures out 6 ft and 8 ft along the sides, how long should she make the diagonal?
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Algebra.Com's Answer #573689 by laoman(51) $\"\"$ $\"About$

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The diagonal would make the angle a right angle, therefore we can use pythagoras theorem to solve this one
\n" ); document.write( "6^2+8^2= d^2
\n" ); document.write( "36+64 = d^d
\n" ); document.write( "d^2 = 100
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\n" ); document.write( "She should make the diagonals 10 ft \n" ); document.write( "

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