Question

HELP PLEASE - 50 POINTS - The ceiling of Stacy's living room is a square that is 30 ft long on each side. Stacy knows the diagonal of the ceiling from corner to corner must be longer than 30 ft, but she doesn't know how long it is. Solve for the length of the diagonal of Stacy's ceiling in two ways: (a) Using the Pythagorean Theorem.

Answer 1

The length of the diagonal of Stacy’s ceiling is 30√2 or 42.43

Explanation:

a² + b² = c²

30² + 30² = c²

900 + 900 = c²

√1,800 = √c²

30√2 = c