SOLUTION: At the beginning of a performance, two synchronized swimmers start at opposite corners of a rectangular pool that is 60 meters long and 25 meters wide. They swim toward each other

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Question 1176590: At the beginning of a performance, two synchronized swimmers start at opposite corners of a rectangular pool that is 60 meters long and 25 meters wide. They swim toward each other along a diagonal and meet halfway. To the nearest tenth of a meter, how far from their starting points do the swimmers meet?
Answer by ikleyn(52852) About Me  (Show Source):
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Use Pythagorean equation to find the length of the diagonal.

Half of this length is your answer.