Question

Clyde is putting a fence around a rose bush in his garden . The measures of two sides that meet at a corner are 27 feet and 34 feet. For the corner to be a right angle, what would the length of the diagonal have to be ? Round to the nearest tenth

Answer 1

The length of the diagonal have to be 43.4 feet

Explanation:

we know that

For the corner to be a right angle, the length of the diagonal must satisfy the Pythagorean Theorem

Let

x ----> the length of the diagonal

so

`x^2=27^2+34^2`

`x^2=1,885\\x=43.4\ ft`

therefore

The length of the diagonal have to be 43.4 feet