An envelope is 3 inches wide, and it measures 7 inches along the diagonal. What is the envelope’s length? If necessary, round to

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3 years ago

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the nearest tenth.

1 answer:

Crank · Answer 1 · 2022-03-04T04:05:12+03:00

The length of the envelope is 6.3 inches

Step-by-step explanation:

Width of the envelope = 3 inches

Diagonal of the envelope = 7 inches

To find:

The length of the envelope.

Let the length of the envelope be 'l'

We can use pythogoras theorem to calculate the length.

l = √(49-9)

l = √(40)

l = 6.3 inches

The length of the envelope is 6.3 inches