Question

A rectangular. Garden bed measures 8 x 6 feet a water faucet is at one corner of the bed hose must be long enough to reach opposite corner when stretched straight. Find required length of hose

Answer 1

10 ft

Explanation:

The word problem is basically asking the length of one corner of the rectangle to the other. We can split the rectangle up into two right triangles and we will use the Pythagorean theorem to find the hypotenuse or the length from one corner to another. A^2 + B^2 = C^2 A and B are the lengths of the rectangle, 8 and 6. 8^2 + 6^2 = C^2

8^2 = 64 and 6^2 = 36

64 + 36 = 100.

the square root of 100 is 10 so the length of the hose is `10.