Question

I need to know how to figure the distance corner to corner diagonally of a rectangle that is 24' x 30'???

Answer 1

Using the Pythagorean theorem

a^2 + b^2 = c^2

30^2 + 24^2 = x^2

900 + 576 = x^2

1476 = x^2

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x = ??

Answer 2

ok im lost here?

Answer 3

where are you stuck

Answer 4

im not a math major lol

Answer 5

that's ok, where are you stuck

Answer 6

all of it i dont understand these problems at all

Answer 7

have you heard of the Pythagorean theorem before?

Answer 8

never

Answer 9

jim_thompson5910 has used that fact that a rectangle has a right angle,

and the fact that the length of the hypotenuse of a right angled triangle can be found using pythogoruses theorm

Answer 10

the Pythagorean theorem is the idea that if 'a', 'b' and 'c' are the sides of a right triangle, where c is the hypotenuse (the longest side), then

a^2 + b^2 = c^2