SOLUTION: A rectangular garden is 12 feet long. If you walk diagonally across the garden, you would walk 15 feet. How many feet wide is the garden?

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Question 819914: A rectangular garden is 12 feet long. If you walk diagonally across the garden, you would walk 15 feet. How many feet wide is the garden?

Answer by ewatrrr(24785)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
 
Hi,
A rectangular garden is 12 feet long, diagonally 15ft, How wide???

Applying the Pythagorean Theorem
= 9ft wide

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