SOLUTION: What is the length of GN? It pictures a 3d cube with the width of 6, depth of 7 and length of 12, GN is diagonally across the face of the cube

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Question 760860: What is the length of GN? It pictures a 3d cube with the width of 6, depth of 7 and length of 12, GN is diagonally across the face of the cube
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If the edges are not equal length, then it is not a cube. If the diagonal is across a face of your rectangular prism, then use the dimensions of that face as the legs of a right triangle and the Pythagorean theorem to calculate the hypotenuse of the triangle which is the diagonal that you need.

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