Bless has a rectangular scarf that is 3 feet by 4 feet. She wants to divide it diagonally into two equal triangular halves to make 2 face masks. Find the length she should cut the cloth so that the scarf can be divided equally.

Answer 1

The diagonal of a rectangle can be found using the Pythagorean theorem. Let the length of the rectangle be 3 feet and the width be 4 feet.

The formula for finding the diagonal is: diagonal = sqrt(length^2 + width^2)

diagonal = sqrt(3^2 + 4^2)
diagonal = sqrt(9 + 16)
diagonal = sqrt(25)
diagonal = 5 feet

Since Bless wants to divide the scarf diagonally to make two equal triangular halves, she should cut the cloth into two equal pieces of length 5 feet.