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A high school basketball court is 84 feet long and 50 feet wide. What is the diagonal length of the court?

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If you picture the basketball court being cut in half along the diagonal,
you can see that each half is a right triangle.

The legs are 84-ft and 50-ft, and the diagonal is the hypotenuse.

Length of the hypotenuse = √ (84² + 50²)

= √ (7,056 + 2,500)

= √ 9,556

= 97.75 ft (rounded)
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