Question

Art wants to calculate the diagonal distance across opposite corners of a rectangular parcel. The parcel is 161’ by 326’ . How long is the diagonal measurement?

Answer 1

Recall that the formula for the length of the diagonal of a rectangle is:

`l=\sqrt[]{a^2+b^2}.`

Where a, and b are the lengths of the sides of the rectangle.

Substituting a=161´, b=326´ in the above formula we get:

`\begin{gathered} l=\sqrt[]{(161^(\prime))^2+(326^(\prime))^2}, \\ l=363.5890537^(\prime)\text{.} \end{gathered}`

Answer: 363.5890537 ´.