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A courtyard has the shape of a rectangle 45 ft and 28 ft wide. How long is a sidewalk from one corner diagonally to the opposite corner?

56 ft

47 ft

50 ft

53 ft

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Answer:

53

Explanation:

We use the pythagorean theorem, a^2 + b^2 = c^2. We can fill a and b for 45 and 28. 45^2 is 2025, and 28^2 is 784. Adding them up gives us 2809. The square root of 2809 is 53.

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