You are going to fence an area that is in the shape of a right triangle. The two legs measure 7.8 m and 5.78 m. Estimate the meters of fencing you will need for the longest side, using whole meters and square root.

35 m

48 m

10 m

24 m

Question

You are going to fence an area that is in the shape of a right triangle. The two legs measure 7.8 m and 5.78 m. Estimate the meters of fencing you will need for the longest side, using whole meters and square root.
 
		
35 m
 		
48 m
 		
10 m
 		
24 m

anonymous · Answer

24 m ( 5.78 taken as 6, 7.8 taken as 8, hence biggest side sqrt(8^2 + 6 ^ 2) = 10)
Hence perimeter in total = 10 + 8 + 6 = 24