Frankie's yard is a rectangle with the longer side = 32ft and the shorter side = 20ft. You want to find the length of the diagonal going through the rectangle. In essence, you basically have a triangle with two sides, one 32ft, the other 20ft, and you're looking for the hypotenuse.
Let's call a=32, b=20, and you're looking for the hypotenuse c. Use the Pythagorean theorem:
Plug the numbers in to find c, the length of your path! So
Let's call a=32, b=20, and you're looking for the hypotenuse c. Use the Pythagorean theorem:
Plug the numbers in to find c, the length of your path! So