A construction worker needs to put a rectangular window in the side of a building. he knows from measuring that the top and bottom of the window have a width of 5 feet and the sides have a length of 12 feet. he also measured one diagonal to be 13 feet. what is the length of the other diagonal?

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Amiyah Nielsen

5 June, 06:15

A construction worker needs to put a rectangular window in the side of a building. he knows from measuring that the top and bottom of the window have a width of 5 feet and the sides have a length of 12 feet. he also measured one diagonal to be 13 feet. what is the length of the other diagonal?

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Camila Stephenson · Answer 1

Both diagonals would have the same length so the other diagonal would be 13ft. One of the properties of rectangles is that their diagonals are always the same length.

Mohamed · Answer 2

The other diagonal would be 13 feet as well because it is a rectangle.