2. Given rectangle FGHI, how does the student know that the diagonal length is 13 cm? F 5 ст H 12 cm

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2. Given rectangle FGHI, how does the student know that the diagonal length is 13 cm?
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5 cm
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12 cm
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In this rectangle diagonal FH and its sides, FI and HI formed the right triangle FIH.

So, for finding the length of its diagonal, apply the pythagorus theorem in the triangle FIH.

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