document.write( "Question 35937: A rectangular garden has dimension of 55 yds by 40 yds if a diagonal path that is exactly 1 yard wide is built through the garden. What is the ares of the path? \n" ); document.write( "
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ASSUMING THE RECTANGLE HAS 90 DEGREE CORNERS THEN THE DIAGONAL LENGTH IS 40~2+55~2=P~2 OR 1600+3025=P~2 OR 4625=P~2 OR P=68.007352 YDS.\r
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