Question

A farmer is telling a rectangle field that is 63 yards long and 60 yards wide what is the distance between opposite corners of the farmers field?

Answer 1

87 yards

Explanations:

Given the following parameters:

• Length of the rectangle = 63 yards

,

• Width of the rectangle = 60 yards

The distance between opposite corners of the farmer's field is the diagonal of the rectangle.

To determine the diagonal of the rectangle (d), we will use the Pythagoras theorem:

`\begin{gathered} d^2=l^2+w^2 \\ d^2=63^2+60^2 \\ d^2=3969+3600 \\ d^2=7,569 \\ d=\sqrt[]{7,569} \\ d=87yards \end{gathered}`

Hence the distance between opposite corners of the farmers' field is 87 yards