Question

Pam wants to put a banner across her garage door to congratulate her son on his college graduation. The garage door is 9 feet high and 12 feet wide. How many feet long should the banner be to fit the garage door?

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Answer:

15 feet

Explanation:

The diagonal of a 9 ft by 12 ft rectangle is given by the Pythagorean theorem as ...

d = √(9² +12²) = √225

d = 15 . . . . feet

The banner should be 15 feet long to match the length of the door diagonal.