Question

The side lengths of a rectangular room are 6 ft and 8 ft. The room is going to be split in half along the hypotenuse of a triangle using string. Find the lengths of the piece of string needed.

The length of the piece of string is needed is? Ft.

Answer 1

= 10 ft

Explanation:

hypotenuse² = adjacent² + opposite²

hyp² = 6² + 8²

hyp² = 36 + 64

hyp² = 100

hyp = sqrt 100

hyp = 10ft