A park is in the shape of a rectangle 8 miles long and 6 miles wide. How much shorter is your walk if you walk diagonally across the park than along the two sides of it?

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Lyric Kaufman

3 March, 16:36

A park is in the shape of a rectangle 8 miles long and 6 miles wide. How much shorter is your walk if you walk diagonally across the park than along the two sides of it?

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4 miles shorter

Step-by-step explanation:

to find the length of walking diagonally, use the pythagorean theorem

8 (8) + 6 (6) = c2

100=c2

c=10

then add 8+6 to find the number of miles walking on the sides.

14-10=4