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What is the length of the diagonal of the rectangle?

What is the length of the diagonal of the rectangle?-example-1
User Thehouse
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Answer:

21.25

Explanation:

We can use the Pythagorean theorem to solve

We have the two legs and are looking for the hypotenuse

a^2 + b^2 = c^2

17^2 +12.75 ^2 = c^2 where c is the diagonal

289 +162.5625 = c^2

451.5625 = c^2

Take the square root

sqrt(451.5625) = sqrt(c^2)

21.25 =c

User Tom Kur
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