A certain city block is in the form of parallelogram. Two of its sides measures 32ft and 41 ft. If the area of the land in the block is 656 ft^2, what is the length of its longer diagonal?

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zpupster · Answer

parrellelogram Area

A=b*h

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zpupster · Answer

we know A = 656 ft^2, b = 41 so we need to find h

656=41*h
h=??

anonymous · Answer

h=16

Then?

zpupster · Answer

@klionmaster10

zpupster · Answer

pythorgorean theorem --
a^2 + b^2 = c^2

16^2 + x^2 = 32^2
32^2 - 16^2 =??
x=sqrt(32^2 - 16^2)

anonymous · Answer

Thanks!

zpupster · Answer

70.55 feet. this was your answer??

good job!!

anonymous · Answer

Yup!

anonymous · Answer

how did you come up with 70.55 feet?

anonymous · Answer

already got h=16,