SOLUTION: A rectangular field is 400 feet long and 300 feet wide. You want to walk from one corner to the opposite corner. How many feet of walking would you save if you walk across the fie

Question 936850: A rectangular field is 400 feet long and 300 feet wide. You want to walk from one corner to the
opposite corner. How many feet of walking would you save if you walk across the field instead of
walking the length and width?
Answer by Fombitz(32388) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Walking the length and width,

Walking along the diagonal,

So the savings is,

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