Lisa is repairing fences on a piece of ranch land. She needs to arrive at point A from point B in the diagram. But the land ther
e is low and sometimes floods. Before she decides to risk it, she wants to know how much distance she’ll save if she goes straight from B to A instead of taking the dry path from B to C to A. Angle BCA is a right angle. AC = BC + 21 feet, and AB = BC + 24 feet. a triangle diagram representing Lisa's path If Lisa travels straight from B to A, she’ll walk feet, which will save her feet compared with traveling the longer, drier path.