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Question 1083959: Hi my question is I'm making a soccer field for my job and my length is 250 feet my width is 120 feet my diagonal is supposed to be 277 feet and I'm getting 268 and 286 feet how would we adjust it to make it a perfect rectangle?
Found 2 solutions by ikleyn, Alan3354:
Answer by ikleyn(52781) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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= 277.31 feet (approximately; correct up to two decimals) is the only possible value for the length
of each and every diagonal of your rectangle.

Pythagoras says it.

Answer by Alan3354(69443) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Hi my question is I'm making a soccer field for my job and my length is 250 feet my width is 120 feet my diagonal is supposed to be 277 feet and I'm getting 268 and 286 feet how would we adjust it to make it a perfect rectangle?
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Measure any side, say 250' side --> 2 corners.
Then use a string or whatever you have that's 120 feet and another string that's 277.3 ft. Tie them at opposite ends of the 250' side.
The intersection of the 2 strings is the 3rd corner.
Move the 277.3' string to the other diagonal.