Asked by Shawn
A disoriented driver crosses diagonally from one corner of a 150 m by 275 m lawn to the far corner. How far does the wayward driver drive across the lawn? Give an approximate answer to three decimal places.
What formula would I apply to solve this?
What formula would I apply to solve this?
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Answered by
drwls
A diagonal line between opposite corners of a rectangle (the lawn) forms two right triangles. Apply the Pythagorean theorem to either of those triangles. The diagonal will be the hypotenuse in the formula.
Answered by
Shawn
And how would I do that?
Answered by
drwls
Ever heard of a^2 + b^2 = c^2 for right triangles?
I suggest you review the Pythagorean theorem.
http://jwilson.coe.uga.edu/EMT669/Student.Folders/Morris.Stephanie/EMT.669/Essay.1/Pythagorean.html
I suggest you review the Pythagorean theorem.
http://jwilson.coe.uga.edu/EMT669/Student.Folders/Morris.Stephanie/EMT.669/Essay.1/Pythagorean.html
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