SOLUTION: A rectangular garden is 24 feet long. If you walk diagonally across the garden, you would walk 30 feet. How many feet wide is the garden?
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Question 859809: A rectangular garden is 24 feet long. If you walk diagonally across the garden, you would walk 30 feet. How many feet wide is the garden?
Answer by edjones(8007) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Walking diagonally creates 2 right triangles.
b=24, c=30
a^2+b^2=c^2
a^2+24^2=30^2
a^2+576=900
a^2=324
a=18' width of the garden
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Ed
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