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Find the length of the diagonal of 7cm x 6 cm x 12 cm rectangular prism. Round to the nearest tenth.

Find the length of the diagonal of 7cm x 6 cm x 12 cm rectangular prism. Round to-example-1
User Allanqunzi
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15.1 cm

Explantion

Step 1

to solve this we can use the distance between 2 points formula, it is


\begin{gathered} d=\sqrt[]{(x_2-x_1)^2+(y_2-y_1)^2+(z_2-z_1)^2} \\ \text{where} \\ P1(x_1,y_1,z_1) \\ P2(x_2,y_2,z_2) \end{gathered}

Step 1

Let


\begin{gathered} P1(0,0,0) \\ P2(7,6,12) \end{gathered}

now, replace in the formula


\begin{gathered} d=\sqrt[]{(x_2-x_1)^2+(y_2-y_1)^2+(z_2-z_1)^2} \\ d=\sqrt[]{(7-0)^2+(6-0)^2+(12-0)^2} \\ d=\sqrt[]{7^2+6^2+12^2} \\ d=\sqrt[]{7^2+6^2+12^2} \\ d=\sqrt[]{229} \\ d=15.13 \\ \text{rounded } \\ d=15.1 \end{gathered}

therefore, the answer is

15.1 cm

I hope this helps you

Find the length of the diagonal of 7cm x 6 cm x 12 cm rectangular prism. Round to-example-1
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