Question

You are cutting a rectangle piece of fabric in half along the diagonal.The fabric measures 19 inches wide and 5 yards long. What is the length( in inches) of the diagonal?

Answer 1

Given,

Length of the rectangle piece of fabric, l = 5 yards

Width of the rectangular piece of fabric, b = 19 inches

To find,

The length of the diagonal.

Solution,

The relation between Yards and inches is :

1 Yard = 36 inches

5 yards = 180 inches

Let x be the diagonal. It can be calculated as :

`x=√(l^2+b^2) \\\\x=√(180^2+19^2) \\\\x=181\ inches`

Hence, the length of the diagonal is 181 inches