Question

Pls help me quickly! I don't get it!

A square ceiling has a diagonal of 24 ft. Shelton wants to put molding around the perimeter of the ceiling.

How many feet of molding will he need? Round to the nearest foot.

_____ft

Answer 1

So use the Pythagorean theorem to solve for sides.

\[x ^{2}+y ^{2}=24^{2}\] Since it's a square, all four sides are the same length. So x=y

So you have \[x ^{2}+x ^{2}=24^{2}\] Solve for x