SOLUTION: Reggie has a rectangular piece of paper that is 12 inches long and 7 inches wide. He is going to cut the paper from corner to corner, along the diagonal. How many inches will Reggi
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Question 957643: Reggie has a rectangular piece of paper that is 12 inches long and 7 inches wide. He is going to cut the paper from corner to corner, along the diagonal. How many inches will Reggie be cutting? If necessary, round to two decimal places Answer by macston(5194) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! The diagonal of a rectangle forms a right triangle with the length and width.
a=length=12in; b=width=7in; c=diagonal Find the square root of each side. ANSWER: The diagonal is 13.89 inches.
