SOLUTION: Quick Check about Special Right Triangles: 4. In the center of a person's town, there is a square-shaped park with a side 30 ft in length. If he or she walks from one corner of th

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Question 1114800: Quick Check about Special Right Triangles:
4. In the center of a person's town, there is a square-shaped park with a side 30 ft in length. If he or she walks from one corner of that park to the opposite corner of that park, how far does he or she walk?
A) 21 ft
B) 42 ft
C) 52 ft
D) 60 ft

Answer by josgarithmetic(39623) About Me  (Show Source):
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there is a square-shaped park with a side 30 ft in length.
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The square shaped park is two special 45-45-90 right triangles, sharing a hypotenuse.


Walk from one corner to the opposite corner:
sqrt%2830%5E2%2B30%5E2%29
Simplify...