A carpenter is framing a wall that is 8 feet high and 15 feet long. If the carpenter wants to be sure that the sides of the wall meet at right angles, then what should the diagonal measurement of the wall be?

13 feet

17 feet

19 feet

Question

A carpenter is framing a wall that is 8 feet high and 15 feet long. If the carpenter wants to be sure that the sides of the wall meet at right angles, then what should the diagonal measurement of the wall be?



13 feet

17 feet

19 feet

anonymous · Answer

17 feet

anonymous · Answer

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anonymous · Answer

use Pythagorean theorem

anonymous · Answer

M'am, I helped you on like 2 other problems about simple Pythagorean Theorem, I think you need to just visualize the problem and just draw a right triangle. List the sides with the values accordingly and solve for whatever side you're missing

calculusxy · Answer

Do you understand how to do this?

calculusxy · Answer

The pythagorean theorem is:
a^2 + b^2 = c^2