Question

Bill needs to edge his yard with the dimensions in the shape below. What distance will he have walked after completing his edging? Round your answer to one decimal place. Do not include units in your answer.

Answer 1

37.8 m

Explanation:

The computation of the distance is shown below:

In triangle ADE

`AD^2 = AE^2 + DE^2 \\\\ AD^2 = 5^2 + 3^2 \\\\ AD^2 = 34`

AD = 5.8

Now the distance walked after completing his edging is

Distance = AD + AB + BC + CD

= 5.8 + 12 + 5 + 15

= 37.8 m

We simply added these four sides so that the correct distance could arrive

Hence, the distance walked after completing his edging is 37.7