Question

A construction worker needs to put a rectangular window in the side of a building. He knows from measuring that the top and bottom of the window have a width of 8 feet and the sides have a length of 15 feet. He also measured one diagonal to be 17 feet. What is the length of the other
diagonal?
OA. 8 feet
OB. 17 feet
OC. 15 feet
O D. 23 feet

Answer 1

Answer:

B. 17 ft

Step-by-step explanation:

in a rectangle both diagonals are equally long.

Answer 2

Length of the other diagonal in the rectangular window is equals to

17 feet.

What is rectangle?

" Rectangle is defined as the quadrilateral with both the pairs of opposite sides are parallel and congruent. Each angle is of measure 90°."

According to the question,

Given rectangular window,

Length of top and bottom side = 8 feet

Length of other sides = 15 feet.

Length of one diagonal = 17 feet.

From the properties of a rectangle,

Diagonals are congruent to each other.

Therefore , length of the other diagonal is 17 feet.

Hence, Option(B) is the correct answer.

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