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An apartment complex stretched a string of decorative floats diagonally across a
rectangular pool. The width of the pool is 15 ft and the length of the pool is 20 ft.
What is the length of the a diagonal that the floats are stretched across ?

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Answer:

25 feet

Step-by-step explanation:

Use the pythagorean theorem, where the width and length of the pool are the legs of the triangle.

Solve for c, the hypotenuse/diagonal

a² + b² = c²

15² + 20² = c²

225 + 400 = c²

625 = c²

25 = c

So, the length of the diagonal is 25 feet

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