Question

If the Gym is 100 Feet long and 80 Feet wide how much distance did she save by cutting across the gym

Answer 1

51.937515 feet.

Explanation:

If she goes across the perimeter, it will be 100 + 80 = 180 feet.

Use pythagoras' theorem to find out the distance of cutting across the gym.

`100^(2) + 80^(2) = c^(2)`

10000 + 6400 =
`c^(2)`

16400 =
`c^(2)`

`√(16400) = c`

128.062485 = c

180 - 128.062485 = 51.937515

She saves 51.937515 feet of distance by cutting across the gym.