Problem 3:

Minerva is designing a rectangular flowerbed for her backyard. She wants the flowerbed to be 7 feet wide and 24 feet long. Minerva remembered from her Geometry class that if the flowerbed really is a rectangle, then the lengths of the diagonals will be the same, so she decides to measure the diagonals to see if the flowerbed really is a rectangle. How long should each diagonal be?

Step 1: Draw a picture to help solve the problem.

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