a small shipping container is shaped like a right rectangular prism that is approximately 8ft tall, 8ft side, and 20 ft long. What is the length of a diagonal from a top corner to the opposite bottom corner? Round to the nearest hundredth.
a small shipping container is shaped like a right rectangular prism that is approximately 8ft tall, 8ft side, and 20 ft long. What is the length of a diagonal from a top corner to the opposite bottom corner? Round to the nearest hundredth.
The right triangle that contains the diagonal the problem asks for has legs c and e and a hypotenuse d. You will need another right triangle to find the value of e. Using the base of the container, you have a right triangle with legs a and b and a hypotenuse e. The container is 8 ft wide. This is the value of b. The container is 20 ft long. This is the value of a.
The length of a diagonal from a top corner to the opposite bottom corner of the container is approximately equal to 22.98 ft. Remember that length cannot be negative.
