Question

Westminster Street and Lake Avenue intersect. If Westminster Street is 7 meters wide and Lake Avenue is 5 meters wide, what is the distance between two opposite corners of the intersection? If necessary, round to the nearest tenth.

Answer 1

the distance between two opposite corners of the intersection is 8.60 meters

Explanation:

The computation of the distance between two opposite corners of the intersection is given below:

Here we applied the Pythagoras theorem

`= √(7^2 + 5^2) \\\\= √(49 + 25) \\\\= √(74)`

= 8.60 meters

hence, the distance between two opposite corners of the intersection is 8.60 meters