SOLUTION: Esther starts at one corner of a square field and walks 90 feet along one side to another corner of the field. She turns 90° and walks 70 feet, and then walks straight back to wher
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Question 1003473: Esther starts at one corner of a square field and walks 90 feet along one side to another corner of the field. She turns 90° and walks 70 feet, and then walks straight back to where she started.
What is the area of the part of the field she walked around?
You can put this solution on YOUR website! She walked one side of a square, 90 feet, then turned, the second leg being 70 feet. The hypotenuse is the return.
The area is (1/2)bh=(1/2)*90*70
=3150 ft^2
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