SOLUTION: Hello Darla is building a new desk. To make sure she had made a square corner, she measure 5 feet from the corner along one edge and 8 feet feet from the corner along the other ed

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Question 330346: Hello
Darla is building a new desk. To make sure she had made a square corner, she measure 5 feet from the corner along one edge and 8 feet feet from the corner along the other edge. How long should the diagnonal be between those two points if the corner is a right angle.
Diagonal ? feet
Answer by edjones(8007) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
a=8, b=5
a^2+b^2=c^2
8^2+5^2
=64+25
=89
sqrt(89)=9.43' length of diagonal.
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Ed