book Maths Puzzle Numerical Ability

my question asks to find the length of the diagonal of a rectangle whose length is 8m and width is 5m.
This is what i did:
e^2=8^2+5^2
e^2=64+25
e^2=89
e=9.4
Is this correct? thanks

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