Question 992744: The sides of a rectangular swimming pool are 50m & 30m. What is the distance in meters of the opposite corners?
Answer by Cromlix(4381)   (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! Hi there,
Consider the pool as a right angled triangle.
So, 30^2 + 50^2 = (distance of opposite corners)^2
=> 900 + 2,500 = (distance of opposite corners)^2
=> 3,400 = (distance of opposite corners)^2
=> (distance of opposite corners) = sqrt 3400
=> distance of opposite corners = 58.31 meters (2 decimal places)
Hope this helps :-)
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