Art wants to calculate the diagonal distance across opposite corners of a rectangular parcel. The parcel is 161’ by 326’ . How long is the diagonal measurement?

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Dulacp · Answer 1 · 2023-10-04T01:25:37+0000

Recall that the formula for the length of the diagonal of a rectangle is:

$l=\sqrt[]{a^2+b^2}.$

Where a, and b are the lengths of the sides of the rectangle.

Substituting a=161´, b=326´ in the above formula we get:

$\begin{gathered} l=\sqrt[]{(161^(\prime))^2+(326^(\prime))^2}, \\ l=363.5890537^(\prime)\text{.} \end{gathered}$

Answer: 363.5890537 ´.