SOLUTION: A boy walks 150ft diagonally across a vacant lot. If one edge of the lot is 95ft long, how long is the other edge? Assume the lot is rectangular.

Question 1042411: A boy walks 150ft diagonally across a vacant lot. If one edge of the lot is 95ft long, how long is the other edge? Assume the lot is rectangular.
Answer by chen.aavaz(62) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
This is Pythagorean theorem.
The diagonal is the hypotenuse of an orthogonal triangle, whose one side is 95ft and we are asking for the second side (the other edge).
Therefore if the second side is x, we have:

So the other edge is 116.08 ft long.
RELATED QUESTIONS
if the radius of a circular lot is 5 meters, how long should the edge of the square lot... (answered by solver91311)

Jack Bauer owns a vacant lot that is 32 meters wide and 40 meters long. He makes a... (answered by mananth)

An old fence used to enclose a circular lot is to be recycled to fence a square lot. If... (answered by ankor@dixie-net.com)

A diagonal shortcut across an empty rectangular lot is 97 feet. The lot is 72 feet long.... (answered by robertb)

understand and solve the situation:new houses are being constructed in calle serye. the... (answered by mananth,ikleyn)

a rectangular vacant lot is 100 feet long. it's area (in square feet) is twice its... (answered by nerdybill)

Michael and Jackson are standing on opposite corners of a ball field that is 60 yards... (answered by Boreal)

a diagonal sidewalk across a rectangular courtyard is 130 feet. The courtyard is 50 feet (answered by josgarithmetic,macston)

The real estate term lake frontage refers to the distance along the edge of a piece of... (answered by greenestamps)