You are cutting a rectangle piece of fabric in half along the diagonal.The fabric measures 19 inches wide and 5 yards long. What

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is the length( in inches) of the diagonal?

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cestrela7 [59] · Answer 1 · 2022-09-20T09:59:38+03:00

Given,

Length of the rectangle piece of fabric, l = 5 yards

Width of the rectangular piece of fabric, b = 19 inches

To find,

The length of the diagonal.

Solution,

The relation between Yards and inches is :

1 Yard = 36 inches

5 yards = 180 inches

Let x be the diagonal. It can be calculated as :

$x=\sqrt{l^2+b^2} \\\\x=\sqrt{180^2+19^2} \\\\x=181\ inches$

Hence, the length of the diagonal is 181 inches