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Question 1021281: Long shot distance
to avoid hitting the ball out, a tennis player in one corner of the 312 yd^2 court hits the ball to the furthest corner of the opponent's court as shown in the diagram. If the length L of the tennis court is 2 yd longer than twice the width W, then how far did the player hit the ball?
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Long shot distance
to avoid hitting the ball out, a tennis player in one corner of the 312 yd^2 court hits the ball to the furthest corner of the opponent's court as shown in the diagram. If the length L of the tennis court is 2 yd longer than twice the width W, then how far did the player hit the ball?
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Find the length and width.
Then find the diagonal.