Question

On the southeast corner of millennium park,there is a garden walk.it is marked off in red in the drawing below. Side C,the hypotenuse of the triangle,show the row along which flowers will be planted. If a side measures 90 feet and side b measures 120 feet how many feet of flowers will be planted along side C, the hypotenuse of the triangle? Show your work and explain your reasoning.

Answer 1

150 ft

Explanation:

Apply pythagorean theorem to find length of hypotenuse, side c:

Pythagorean theorem is given as:

c² = a² + b²

a = 90 ft

b = 120 ft

c = hypotenuse

Plug in the values

c² = 90² + 120²

c² = 22,500

Take the square root of both sides

c = √22,500

c = 150 ft