Question

John’s square garden has a perimeter of 26 ft. If John walks through the garden on the diagonal, how far did John walk? Round answer to the nearest tenth.

Answer 1

9.19 ft

Explanation:

Since it's a square, we know that all the sides are equal to 26/4 which equals 6.5. Then, we use the Pythagorean theorem to calculate the diagonal (since the diagonal is splitting the square into two right triangles). So we to a^2+b^2=c^2. So 42.25+42.25=84.5. The square root of 84.5 rounded to the nearest tenth is 9.19