SOLUTION: A square corner lot is 50 m long. Calculate, to the nearest tenth of a metre, the distance saved in taking a short cut across the lot.

Question 944338: A square corner lot is 50 m long. Calculate, to the nearest tenth of a metre, the distance saved in taking a short cut across the lot.
Answer by macston(5194) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Let S=side of lot=50 m
Let d=short cut(diagonal of lot)=

d=70.7 m Shortcut is 70.7 m
to walk around is 50m+50m=100m (two sides of lot)
Distance saved is 100m-70.7m=29.3 meters
ANSWER The distance saved by cutting diagonally across the corner lot is 29.3 meters
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