Question

In a video game, Shar has to build a pen shaped like a right triangle for her animals. If she needs 5 feet of fence for the shortest side and 13 feet of fence for the longest side,

how many feet of fencing is needed for the entire animal pen?

Answer 1

15

Step-by-step explanation

Answer 2

The answer is 12.

Explanation:

First you need to draw a right triangle. Then the shortest side of the triangle is 5 and the longest is 13 so you would have to do a^2 + b^2 = c^2. So the problem would look like this 5^2 + b^2 = 13^2. 5 x 5= 25 and 13 x 13= 169. Now the problem looks like this 25 + b^2 = 169, since you can't do 25 + b you would have to bring it to the other side. Afterwards the problem should look like this b^2 = 144. Now you would have to square the b and 144 so the answer is 12. Sorry for spelling and grammar mistakes. Hoped this helped!