SOLUTION: The length of a rectangle is 2 cm, and the width is 3 cm. Find the length of the diagonal.

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Question 87590: The length of a rectangle is 2 cm, and the width is 3 cm. Find the length of the diagonal.
Answer by SandySharma(35) About Me  (Show Source):
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Given length = 2 cm
and width = 3 cm
+Diagonal+=+sqrt%28length%5E2+%2B+width%5E2%29 (by Pythagorean Theorem)
+Diagonal+=+sqrt%282%5E2+%2B+3%5E2%29
+Diagonal+=+sqrt%284+%2B+9%29
+Diagonal+=+sqrt%2813%29

Diagonal = 3.6