SOLUTION: A spider sits in a corner of a tank shaped like a rectangular prism. The tank is 13 inches long, 6 inches wide, and 8 inches high. The spider starts to make a web by spinning a len

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Question 1134424: A spider sits in a corner of a tank shaped like a rectangular prism. The tank is 13 inches long, 6 inches wide, and 8 inches high. The spider starts to make a web by spinning a length of silk that stretches tightly from one corner along a central diagonal to the opposite corner. A) Find the length of the diagnol rectangular floor of the tank. b) find the length of the silk the spider spins from one corner of the tank to the other corner.
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A spider sits in a corner of a tank shaped like a rectangular prism.
The tank is 13 inches long, 6 inches wide, and 8 inches high.
The spider starts to make a web by spinning a length of silk that stretches tightly from one corner along a central diagonal to the opposite corner.
A) Find the length of the diagonal rectangular floor of the tank.
use c = sqrt%28a%5E2+%2B+b%5E2%29
c = sqrt%2813%5E2%2B6%5E2%29
c = 14.318 in

b) find the length of the silk the spider spins from one corner of the tank to the other corner.
c = sqrt%2814.318%5E2+%2B+8%5E2%29
c = 16.401 inches