SOLUTION: A suitcare measures 24 inches long and 18 inches high.what is the diagonal length of the suitcare to the nearest tenth of a foot?

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Question 746887: A suitcare measures 24 inches long and 18 inches high.what is the diagonal length of the suitcare to the nearest tenth of a foot?
Answer by FrankM(1040) About Me  (Show Source):
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Keep in mind, the classic Pythagorean triangle is 3,4,5. Short sides of right triangle 3 and 4 and hypotenuse will be 5.
18 and 24 are 3 6's and 4 6's, so third side, hypotenuse, is 5 6's or 30.