Sara has a rectangular garden in her backyard that measures 12 m by 15 m. She wants to put a rock walkway on the diagonal. How l
2 answers:
Answer:
19.2 m
Step-by-step explanation:
Since this is a right triangle, we can use the pythagorean theorem
a^2 + b^2 = c^2 where a and b are the legs and c is the hypotenuse
12^2 + 15^2 = c^2
144 + 225 = c^2
369 = c^2
Taking the square root of each side
sqrt(369) =sqrt(c^2)
19.20937271=c
To the nearest tenth
19.2 = c
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