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24 October, 07:17

A rectangular pool is 18 meters wide and 24 meters long. If you swim diagonally across the pool, how many meters would you be swimming?

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  1. 24 October, 07:38
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    Using the Pythagorean theorem, the diagonal measure is found as

    √ ((18 m) ² + (24 m) ²) = √ (324 + 576) m = √900 m

    = 30 m

    You would be swimming 30 meters.
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