SOLUTION: given a rectangle with a width of 6 units and a length of 9 units, what is the length of the diagonal of the rectangle?

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Question 384900: given a rectangle with a width of 6 units and a length of 9 units, what is the length of the diagonal of the rectangle?
Answer by ewatrrr(24785) About Me  (Show Source):
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Hi,         

Let c represent the length of the diagonal

Applying the Pythagorean theorem

 6^2 + 9^2 = c^2

      117 = c^2   (tossing out the negative solution)

       10.82 units = c , the length of the diagonal