Question

If the playing surface of a carom bored is a square of length 28 inches, what is the diagonal length of the playing surface?

Answer 1

To find the diagonal length, you can use the Pythagorean theorem.

If one side is 28 inches, and the board is a square, the other side must also be 28 inches.

a = side 1

b = side 2

c = diagonal length

a^2 + b^2 = c^2

(28)^2 + (28)^2 = c^2

784 + 784 = c^2

1568 = c^2

Square root both sides.

c = about 39.6 inches diagonal length