Question

50 POINTS!!! PLEASE ANSWER ASAP!!! Find out how far you would walk if you had to walk from the northeast corner of a 40-acre parcel to the southwest corner. Hint: Forty acres is equivalent to a square parcel that measures a quarter-mile on each side.

Answer 1

sqrt(2)/4 miles

Or,

0.3536 miles

Explanation:

This distance is equal to the length of the diagonal

Diagonal² = 0.25² + 0.25²

Diagonal = 0.25sqrt(2)

Diagonal = sqrt(2)/4 miles

Or,

0.3536 miles