Question

A rectangular park is 400 m long and 200 m wide. If you walked around the park twice, how far would you walk? Awnser : 160,000 -( i need help w/ the second pt plsss )
(If you walked diagonally across the park from corner to corner, how far would you walk (round to
the nearest meter)?

Answer 1

Answer: calculate the perimeter of the rectangular park do 2{400)+2(200)

then find the answer then times 2 the answer

Step-by-step explanation:

for second one with the diagonal use the Pythagorean theorem do 400sqared + 200squared then square root the answer

Answer 2

Answer: ~447 meters

Explanation: Since it is a rectangular park, there are 4 right angles. By having a diagonal through the rectangle, we have formed two right triangles. We know the length and width of the park but we need to know the diagonal. We can use the Pythagorean Theorem a^2+b^2=c^2.

By substituting 400 for a and 200 for b (or 200 for a and 400 for b, it doesn’t matter), we get that 160000+40000=c^2 or 200000=c^2. We then take the sqrt of each side to arrive at c=447.2135955... or about 447 meters