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A box is 20 inches long and 21 inches high. What is the diagonal length of the box?

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Answer:

Use Pythagoras' Theorem:

c²=a²+b²

c²=20²+21²

c²=841

c=√841

c=29 inches

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Answer:

29 inches

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