Question

Give one word problem involving Pythagorean Theorem and solve the problem completely with steps

Answer 1

sam wants to build a fence splitting her square garden down the middle, diagonally. the width of the original square is 3 yards, and the length is 4 yards. how long should the separating fence be?

answer: 5 yards, as 3^2 + 4^2 = 5^2