Use Pythagoras' therorem to find the diagonal of the rectangle which is 12 times the sq rt of 13
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Ah, what a lovely question! To find the diagonal measurement of a square, we can use the Pythagorean theorem. So, for a square that is 24 feet by 24 feet, we can use the formula diagonal = √(side length squared + side length squared). Plugging in the values, we get diagonal = √(24^2 + 24^2) = √(576 + 576) = √1152 ≈ 33.94 feet.
46.648 ft
Diagonal = square root of (24 squared + 26 squared) and that is square root of (576 + 676) and that is square root of (1252) and that is 35.38 feet
The diagonal of a 12' x 24' rectangle is approx 26.8'.
You use the Pythagorean Theorem, which says that the square of the hypotenuse of a right triangle is the sum of the squares of the other two sides. Two adjacent sides of a square (or any rectangle) together with a diagonal form a right triangle. In the case of a square, the triangle is isosceles. Calling the length of a side of the square (17 inches) one unit, the theorem tells us that the hypotenuse is the square root of 2 units. Therefore the diagonal of the square is 17 times the square root of 2 inches, which is about 24 inches.