A rectangular dining room table top is 36 inches wide the diagonal to tabletop measures 85 inches how many inches long is a table plz show work!!!

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Thomas Joulin · Answer 1 · 2018-12-02T13:20:30+0000

pythagorean theorem: a^2 + b^2 = c^2
36^2 + b^2 = 85^2
1296 + b^2 = 7225
b^2 = 7225 - 1296
b^2 = 5926
b = square root of 5929
b = 77 inches long