Question

Elisa designed a flower garden in the shape of a square with a side length of 10 feet. She plans to build a walkway along the diagonal. What is the closest measure of the length of the walkway?

Answer 1

A square has all equal sides, then each side has a measure of feet

The diagonal can be found using the following formula:

`d=\sqrt[]{2a}`

Where a represents a side.

Replacing:

`\begin{gathered} d=\sqrt[]{2(10)} \\ d=\sqrt[]{20} \\ d=14.1421 \end{gathered}`

Hence, the closest measure of the walkway length is 14.1421 feet.