Asked by Can someone help me quickly

A park needs to make a cement walkway that cuts through the park diagonally. If the length of the park is 300 meters and the width is 400 meters, how long will the walkway be?
Answered by Reiny
Just good ol' Pythagoras ....

L^2 = 300^2 + 400^2

L = .....
Answered by Can someone help me quickly
Is it 500 m? Square root of 250000 = 500
Answered by Reiny
yes, notice that 300, 400, and 500 is simply a multiple of 3,4, 5

3,4,5 would form the smallest right-angled triangle with integer sides.
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