SOLUTION: A rectangular garden is 12 feet long. If you walk diagonally across the garden, you would walk 15 feet. How many feet wide is the garden?

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Question 819914: A rectangular garden is 12 feet long. If you walk diagonally across the garden, you would walk 15 feet. How many feet wide is the garden?
Answer by ewatrrr(24785) About Me  (Show Source):
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Hi,

A rectangular garden is 12 feet long, diagonally 15ft, How wide???



Applying the Pythagorean Theorem

 sqrt%2815%5E2-12%5E2%29++=+sqrt%2881%29 = 9ft wide