Question

PROBLEM SOLVING You are cutting a rectangular piece of fabric in half along a diagonal. The fabric measures 28 inches wide and 1 1 yards long. What is the length (in inches) of the diagonal? The length is inches.

Answer 1

We will solve as follows:

*First: We will take the value on yards and write it as a single fraction, that is:

`1(1)/(4)=(4)/(4)+(1)/(4)=(5)/(4)`

*Second: We will transform the yards into inches, that is:

1 yard = 36 inches, so:

`x=45`

*Third: We will find the measure of the diagonal:

`d=\sqrt[]{28^2+45^2}\Rightarrow d=53`

So, the measure of the diagonal is 53 inches.