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Find the diagonal of the rectangular solid

Find the diagonal of the rectangular solid-example-1

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Answer:

5 square root of 2

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There are four (4) diagonals: 3 face diagonals and one space diagonal. We assume you are interested in the space diagonal.

The face diagonal of the 3×4 face has length
d₃₄ = √((3 ft)² +(4 ft)²) = √(25 ft²) = 5 ft

Taking the 5 ft edge and the 5 ft face diagonal as sides of the triangle with the space diagonal as its hypotenuse, we find the length of the space diagonal to be
d = √((5 ft)² +(5 ft)²)
d = 5√2 ft

The space diagonal of the rectangular solid is 5√2 ft ≈ 7.07 ft.
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