SOLUTION: A rectangular garden is 28 feet long. If you walk diagonally across the garden, you would walk 35 feet. How many feet wide is the garden?
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Question 817025: A rectangular garden is 28 feet long. If you walk diagonally across the garden, you would walk 35 feet. How many feet wide is the garden?
Answer by stanbon(75887) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
A rectangular garden is 28 feet long. If you walk diagonally across the garden, you would walk 35 feet. How many feet wide is the garden?
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Use Pythagoras:
28^2 + w^2 = 35^2
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w^2 = 441
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width = sqrt(441) = 21 ft.
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Cheers,
Stan H.
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