SOLUTION: ron's dad says that ron must not walk on the lawn. the lawn is a rectangle with sides of lengths 10 m and 16 m. when his dad is looking, ron walks from his house to the gate by wal

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Question 1154963: ron's dad says that ron must not walk on the lawn. the lawn is a rectangle with sides of lengths 10 m and 16 m. when his dad is looking, ron walks from his house to the gate by walking along two edges of the lawn. when his dad is not looking, ron walks diagonally across the lawn. how much further does ron have to walk to get from the house to the gate when his dad is looking? give your answer to a suitable level of accuracy.
Answer by greenestamps(13200) About Me  (Show Source):
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Add the two dimensions to get the distance when he walks along two edges of the lawn.

Use the Pythagorean Theorem to find the diagonal distance across the lawn.

The difference is

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Give the result to whatever level of accuracy you think is suitable....