SOLUTION: A rectangular garden is 7 yards wide. If you walked diagonally across the garden, you would walk 25 yards. How mahy yards long is the garden? Thank you for your help.

Question 675265: A rectangular garden is 7 yards wide. If you walked diagonally across the garden, you would walk 25 yards. How mahy yards long is the garden?
Thank you for your help.
Answer by stanbon(75887) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
A rectangular garden is 7 yards wide. If you walked diagonally across the garden, you would walk 25 yards. How mahy yards long is the garden?
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width = 7yds
length = x yds
diagonal = 25 yds
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Solve for "x" using Pythagoras:
7^2 + x^2 = 25*2
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x^2 = 625 - 49
x = sqrt(576)
x = 24 yds (length)
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Cheers,
Stan H.
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