SOLUTION: A landscaper wants to place a stone walkway from 1 corner of the rectangular lawn to the opposite corner. What will be the length of the walkway? the rectangle is 80' by 90'.
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Question 706598: A landscaper wants to place a stone walkway from 1 corner of the rectangular lawn to the opposite corner. What will be the length of the walkway? the rectangle is 80' by 90'.
I am not sure if I have to find the area of the rectangle, or what. Thanks.
Answer by stanbon(75887) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
A landscaper wants to place a stone walkway from 1 corner of the rectangular lawn to the opposite corner. What will be the length of the walkway? the rectangle is 80' by 90'.
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Draw a rectangle with adjacent sides of 80' and 90'
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Draw a diagonal of the rectangle.
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Use Pythagoras to find the length of the diagonal.
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d^2 = 80^2 + 90^2
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d = = sqrt{6400 + 8100)
d = sqrt(14500
diagonal = 120.42'
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Cheers,
Stan H.
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