Question

Dan and Joe are responsible for cutting the grass on the local high school soccer field. Joe cuts a diagonal line
through the field, as shown in the diagram below, and says that each person is responsible for cutting the grass on
one side of the line. Dan says that this is not fair because he will have to cut more grass than Joe. Is Dan correct?
Why or why not?

Answer 1

Considering that the diagonal divided the area of the rectangle in two equal parts, Dan is not correct, as both will have to cut the same amount of grass.

What is the area of a rectangle?

It is the number of square units inside of the rectangle, and for a rectangle of length l and width w it is given by:

A = lw.

The diagonal divides the area of the triangle exactly in the middle, hence  Dan is not correct, as both will have to cut the same amount of grass.

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