SOLUTION: Suburban Susie has a backyard that is a square with sides of 100 feet. She wants to have a fence built with one diagonal to separate her yard into two parts. (One for her pool, one
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Question 270959: Suburban Susie has a backyard that is a square with sides of 100 feet. She wants to have a fence built with one diagonal to separate her yard into two parts. (One for her pool, one for the children playground.) How many feet of fencing will she need to purchase (total feet needed to fence 3 sides of her yard and install the diagonal). Round answer to the nearest tenth of a foot. Show all work.
Answer by JBarnum(2146) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
must get hypotnuse of triangle
2 sides of the sqaure +the diagnal=amount of fence
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