Question

A farmer is tilling his rectangular field the length of the field is 48 m and the distance between opposite corners is 73 m how wide is the farmers field

Answer 1

`c^2=a^2+b^2 73^2=48^2+b^2 5329=2304+b^2 3025=b^2 55=b`

The field can be divided into a triangle with 73 as the hypotenuse and 48 as a leg. The other side can be solved using the Pythagorean Theorem.