The dimension of a rectangle piece of paper are 8.5 and 11 inches. veronicafolded the piece of paper along its diagonal. which measurement is closest to the lenght of the diagonal is inches?

13.90 inches

Step-by-step explanation:

The sides of rectangle are 8.5 and 11 inches.

According to question diagonal needs to calculated.

The diagonal , and two sides of rectangle will forma a right angled triangle.

Right angle as it constitute a right angle of rectangle as well.

To understand more

construct a rectangle ABCD

then one of its diagonal will be AC if we take triangle ABC.

angle ABC will be right angled at B.

for triangle ABC . diagonal AC will be hypotenuse

So diagonal can be computed using Pythagoras theorem

which states that if a and b are two sides of  right angled triangle containing the right angle then hypotenuse is given by .

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In the problem

two sides are of length 8.5 and 11 inches

So, diagonal is hypotenuse which can be calculated by

thus length of diagonal is 13.90 inches.

it would rotate about 180 degrees.

2: 10

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