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A basketball court is a rectangle. If a court measures 60 feet by 40 feet, what is the length of the diagonal from one corner of

the court to the opposite corner?

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alexdok [17]2 years ago

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Pythagorean theorem: a²+b²=c²
Where c = length of the hypotenuse (diagonal of a triangle)

60²+40²=c²
3600+1600=c²
5200=c²
c=√5200
c ≈ 72.11 ft

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