SOLUTION: If a rectangle measure 42 meters by 56 meters, what is the length, on meters, of the diagonal of the rectangle

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Question 1153040: If a rectangle measure 42 meters by 56 meters, what is the length, on meters, of the diagonal of the rectangle
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Slice the rectangle down a diagonal.  This leaves you with two congruent right triangles.  Looking at one of those triangles, you will see the hypotenuse coincides with the diagonal of the rectangle:



+diagonal+=+sqrt%2842%5E2+%2B+56%5E2%29+ meters