Question

The floor of a storage unit is 3 meters long and 2 meters wide. What is the distance between two opposite corners of the floor? If necessary, round to the nearest tenth.

Answer 1

Use the Pythagorean theorem:

Diagonal = sqrt(3^2 + 2^2)

Diagonal = sqrt(9+4)

Diagonal = sqrt(13)

Diagonal = 3.605

Rounded to the nearest tenth = 3.6 meters