Problema Solution

Darla is building a new desk. To make sure she had made a square corner, she measured 6ft. from the corner along one end and 8ft. from the corner along the other edge. How long should the diagonal be between those points if the corner is a right angle?

Diagonal=______ ft.

(round to the neares thousandth)

Answer provided by our tutors

its 10 ft.

 

8^2 +6^2 = 100 

so, square root of 100 is 10. 

diagonal = 10 ft