SOLUTION: Mary built a rectangular deck in her grandmother's backyard. The deck was 12 feet long and 10 feet wide. What was the length, in feet, of the diagonal of the rectangular deck?
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Question 250292: Mary built a rectangular deck in her grandmother's backyard. The deck was 12 feet long and 10 feet wide. What was the length, in feet, of the diagonal of the rectangular deck? Answer by richwmiller(17219) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! Does grandma know she did this?
Why do you care about the diagonal?
The diagonal would be 12^2+10^2=d^2
solve for d
only positive numbers need apply.
