Steve is turning half of his backyard into a chicken pen. His backyard is a 242424 meter by 454545 meter rectangle. He wants to put a chicken wire fence that stretches diagonally from one corner to the opposite corner.

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Zoey Ayala

4 March, 07:38

Steve is turning half of his backyard into a chicken pen. His backyard is a 242424 meter by 454545 meter rectangle. He wants to put a chicken wire fence that stretches diagonally from one corner to the opposite corner.

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Ari Roy · Answer 1

The rectangle measures, 24 m by 45 m

Therefore, to get the diagonal we use the Pythagoras theorem

a²+b²=c², then

= √24²+45²

= √2601

= 51

Therefore, Steve will need

51+24+45 = 120 meters