SOLUTION: A double tennis court is a rectangle 36 feet wide and 78 feet long. If two players are standing in diagonally opposite corners, about how far apart are they, to the nearest tenth o
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Question 1046521: A double tennis court is a rectangle 36 feet wide and 78 feet long. If two players are standing in diagonally opposite corners, about how far apart are they, to the nearest tenth of a foot. Answer by addingup(3677) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! The line cutting the rectangle diagonally gives you two identical triangles and the dividing line is the hypotenuse. So we apply the Pythagorean formula:
a^2+b^2 = c^2
36^2+78^2 = c^2
1296+6084 = 7380 take the square root: sqrt7380 = 85.9
The players are standing about 85.9 feet apart
