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A table has a width of 36 inches and a diagonal of 85 inches. What is the length of the table
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Let 'x' represent the length of the table.\, x>0.
Assuming the table is rectangular and using the Pythagorean Theorem we have:
36^2 + x^2 = 85^2
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x = 77 in
We need to ignore the negative solution -77 since the length can not be negative.
The length of the table is 77 inches.