SOLUTION: Suburban Susie has a backyard that is a square with sides of 100 feet. She wants to have a fence built with one diagonal to separate her yard into two parts. (One for her pool, one

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Question 270959: Suburban Susie has a backyard that is a square with sides of 100 feet. She wants to have a fence built with one diagonal to separate her yard into two parts. (One for her pool, one for the children playground.) How many feet of fencing will she need to purchase (total feet needed to fence 3 sides of her yard and install the diagonal). Round answer to the nearest tenth of a foot. Show all work.
Answer by JBarnum(2146) About Me  (Show Source):
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must get hypotnuse of triangle
100%5E2%2B100%5E2=C%5E2
10000%2B10000=C%5E2
sqrt%2820000%29=sqrt%28C%5E2%29
141.4=c
2 sides of the sqaure +the diagnal=amount of fence
2%28100%29%2B141.4=highlight%28341.4%29