SOLUTION: Good Morning ! How would I set this up and solve? A rectangular park is {{{4}}} miles long and {{{2}}} miles wide. How long is a pedestrian path that runs diagonally across the

SOLUTION: Good Morning ! How would I set this up and solve? A rectangular park is {{{4}}} miles long and {{{2}}} miles wide. How long is a pedestrian path that runs diagonally across the

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Question 1044071: Good Morning !
How would I set this up and solve?
A rectangular park is miles long and miles wide. How long is a pedestrian path that runs diagonally across the park ?
Thank you for your help:)
Answer by ankor@dixie-net.com(22740) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
A rectangular park is 4 miles long and 2 miles wide.
How long is a pedestrian path that runs diagonally across the park ?
:
This is Pythagorean problem a^2 + b^2 = c^2, the diagonal is the c, the hypotenuse
Solve
c =
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