Question

There is a small park in a corner made by two perpendicular streets. The park is 30 yards by 45 yards, with a diagonal path that cuts through the middle. What is the length of the diagonal path?

Answer 1

Are you familiar with the Pythagoras theorem?

Answer 2

a2 + b2 = c2

Answer 3

Right. Here a = 30, b = 45 and you need to solve for c, which I labeled x above.

Answer 4

2925

Answer 5

c^2 = 2925
Now take the square root of 2925 to get c.

Answer 6

54?

Answer 7

Yes.