Question 439698: the length of the sides of a rectangle are 7 and 24 feet. find the lenth of a diagonal of the rectangle Found 2 solutions by richard1234, asuar010:Answer by richard1234(7193) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! Note that the triangle determined by the hypotenuse and the sides of length 7 and 24 is a right triangle, with 7 and 24 as the base and the diagonal as the hypotenuse. Unless you recall the 7-24-25 right triangle, we can solve for the diagonal d using the Pythagorean theorem:
