SOLUTION: ) Jan is making a rectangular garden that is 10 feet long. She wants to install a 15-foot pipe diagonally across the garden. How wide should she make her garden? Find the exact

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Question 1059113: ) Jan is making a rectangular garden
that is 10 feet long. She wants to install a
15-foot pipe diagonally across the garden.
How wide should she make her garden?
Find the exact, simplified width AND
approximate to 2 decimal places.
Answer by Alan3354(69443) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
15 ft is the hypotenuse of a right triangle.
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Use Pythagoras to find the 3rd side.