A square garden has a diagonal of 34 ft. Colton wants to put a fence around the entire garden.

How much fencing will he need? Round to the nearest foot

Question

A square garden has a diagonal of 34 ft. Colton wants to put a fence around the entire garden.
 
How much fencing will he need? Round to the nearest foot

errinss · Answer

@Mehek14  @rishavraj

rishavraj · Answer

see fencing means u need to find out the perimeter

photon336 · Answer

you can use the pythagorean theorem to find the side of the square

photon336 · Answer

@errinss do you know what to do?

errinss · Answer

uhm.. well i know i have to square 34, but thats all...

photon336 · Answer

Well because this is a right triangle we can figure out the length of the two sides 

do you agree that this is how the figure should look so far? 

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