SOLUTION: a rectangular plot of land is 100 feet long and 50 feet wide. How long is the walkway along the diagonal?

Question 750742: a rectangular plot of land is 100 feet long and 50 feet wide. How long is the walkway along the diagonal?
Answer by Cromlix(4381) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Pythagoras.
One side of the triangle is 100 ft and the
other side is 50 ft. The diagonal walkway is
the hypotenuse of your right angled triangle.
Therefore:
100^2 + 50^2 = Walkway^2
10000 + 2500 = Walkway^2
12500 = Walkway^2
Walkway = square root of 12500
Walkway = 111.8 feet
Hope this helps :-)
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