Geometry and TrigonometryEasyDiagonal of a rectangle
Geometry and Trigonometry practice question
A rectangle is 6 units wide and 8 units tall. What is the length of a diagonal of the rectangle?
Answer: 10
The diagonal is the hypotenuse of a 6-8-10 right triangle.
Common wrong answers
- If you answered 14
- 14 adds the two sides.
- If you answered 48
- 48 is the area.
- If you answered 100
- 100 is the square of the diagonal.
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