Just good ol' Pythagoras ....
L^2 = 300^2 + 400^2
L = .....
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?
3 answers
Is it 500 m? Square root of 250000 = 500
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.
3,4,5 would form the smallest right-angled triangle with integer sides.