Question

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Steve is turning half of his backyard into a chicken pen. His backyard is a 24-meter by 45-meter rectangle. He wants to put a chicken wire fence along the west side of the yard, the south side of the yard, and along the diagonal connecting the northwest to the southeast corner of the yard.
How many meters of fencing will Steve need to fully enclose this area?

Answer 1

51

Explanation:

I have try this and it worked

Answer 2

The answer is 51

Explanation:

here a and b are the lengths of the two legs of the triangle, and c is the length of the hypotenuse.

In this case a=24,b=45, c=x

24^2 + 45^2 = x^2

576+2025=x^2

x^2=2601

and the square root of 2601 is 51.