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Question from charles: I want to build a garage that is 24 feet 4 inches wide by 50 feet long. |
Hi Charles,
You can use Pythagoras' Theorem to find the distance from A to B. 4 inches is 4/12 = 1/3 = 0.333 feet so
|AB|2 = 502 + 24.3332 = 392.09
and the square root of 392.09 is 55.60 so the distance from A to B is 55.60 feet which is 55 feet 7 1/4 inches.
Penny
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