SOLUTION: The length of a rectangle is 96 meters, and the width is 28 meters. Find the measure of the diagonal of the rectangle.
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Question 1008589: The length of a rectangle is 96 meters, and the width is 28 meters. Find the measure of the diagonal of the rectangle. Answer by addingup(3677) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! Pythagoras says that: a^2+b^2= c^2
96^2+28^2= 9216+784= 10000 Now take the square root of 10,000:
sqrt10,000= 100
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