SOLUTION: Construction workers are
building a marble sidewalk around a
park that is shaped like a right triangle.
Each marble slab adds 2 feet to the
length of the sidewalk. The workers
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building a marble sidewalk around a
park that is shaped like a right triangle.
Each marble slab adds 2 feet to the
length of the sidewalk. The workers
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Question 734076: Construction workers are
building a marble sidewalk around a
park that is shaped like a right triangle.
Each marble slab adds 2 feet to the
length of the sidewalk. The workers find
that exactly 1071 and 1840 slabs are
required to make the sidewalks along the
short sides of the park. How many slabs
are required to make the sidewalk that
runs along the long side of the park? ( can you please explain steb by step how to slove this and also explain to me how you sloved this problem) Answer by nerdybill(7384) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! Construction workers are
building a marble sidewalk around a
park that is shaped like a right triangle.
Each marble slab adds 2 feet to the
length of the sidewalk. The workers find
that exactly 1071 and 1840 slabs are
required to make the sidewalks along the
short sides of the park. How many slabs
are required to make the sidewalk that
runs along the long side of the park? ( can you please explain steb by step how to slove this and also explain to me how you sloved this problem)
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When you have a "right triangle" you can apply the Pythagorean theorem:
a^2 + b^2 = c^2
where
a and b are the legs
and
c is the hypotenuse
.
the problem gives the "legs" because the LONGEST leg is always the hypotenuse.
a^2 + b^2 = c^2
1071^2 + 1840^2 = c^2
1147041 + 3385600 = c^2
4532641 = c^2
2129 slabs = c
