Question

Ifa rectangle measures 20 meters by 48 meters, what is

the length, in meters, of the diagonal of the rectangle?

Answer 1

`52m`

Explanation:

We can use the Pythagorean theorem to find the length of the diagonal since drawing a diagonal across a rectangle results in two right angle triangles.

Length of diagonal
`= √(20^2+48^2)` (The length of the diagonal can be thought of as the hypotenuse of one of the right angle triangles)

`=√(2704)`

`=52 m`

∴ The length of the diagonal is
`52 m`

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