Question

What is the diagonal length of the suitcase to the nearest tenth of a foot if a suitcase measures 24 inches long and 18 inches high?

Answer 1

The diagonal length of the suitcase is 30 inches.

Assuming that the length and height of the suitcase form a right angle (90 degree angle), you can use the Pythagorean Theorem (`a^2 + b^2 = c^2`) to solve this problem.

The diagonal length is equal to the square root of the sum of the length squared and the height squared.

`24^2 = 24 * 24 = 576 and 18^2 = 18 *18 = 324`

`576 + 324 = 900`

`sqrt900 = 30`