A volleyball court is 30 feet wide and 55 feet long. Find the length of the diagonal of the court. Round your answer to two decimal places.

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We can use the Pythagorean theorem to solve for the length of the diagonal. Let d be the length of the diagonal.
\begin{align*}
d^2 &= 30^2 + 55^2 \
d^2 &= 900 + 3025 \
d^2 &= 3925 \
d &\approx \sqrt{3925} \
d &\approx 62.65 	ext{ feet}
\end{align*}
Therefore, the answer is B.

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