Question

Bill uses rope to outline a location to build a rectangular deck that should be 8 feet wide and 15 feet long. His friend Tyrone lays a 15-foot-long board on the diagonal of the deck area Bill outlined, and it just fits from corner to opposite corner. What should Tyrone tell Bill?

Answer 1

The length of the diagonal outlined by rectangular deck of 8 ft by 15 ft is 17 ft.

What is a rectangle?

A rectangle is the quadrilateral (has four sides and four angles) in which each angle measures 90 degrees. Opposite sides are parallel and equal.

The length of the diagonal (x) can be determined using Pythagoras, hence:

x² = 15² + 8²

x = 17 feet

The length of the diagonal outlined by rectangular deck of 8 ft by 15 ft is 17 ft.

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