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A rectangular hockey field is 50m long and 35m wide calculate the length of it's diagonal​

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Answer:

length=50m

width=35m

diagonal=?

using Pythagoras theorem

where c=diagonal,a=length(50m),b=width(35)

c² =a² + b²

c² =(50)² + (35)²

c² =2500+1225=3725

Taking square root on both sides

c=61m

Therefore the diagonal is 61m

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